Poster #23 - The Metacognitive Awareness Inventory for Teachers: A Validation Study

• In Event: 81.034 - MTCC Poster Session 20
  In Poster Session: 81.034-4 - Cognition and Assessment Poster Session

Abstract

Metacognition has received much attention from researchers. However, this attention has focused primarily on students. More recently, scholars have recognized the importance of teacher metacognition. Scholarship in this area has been limited, though. The current study replicates the validation of the Metacognition Awareness Inventory for Teachers (MAIT). The MAIT was validated in Turkey with a population of English Language Teacher college students. The current study administered the MAIT to 282 U.S. preservice teachers. Results demonstrated a poor fit for the MAIT constructs. When poor-fit items were removed and a bifactor model was used, we found a valid and reliable outcome for the measure.

Authors

• Seth A. Parsons, George Mason University

• Melissa A. Gallagher, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

• Margaret Vaughn, University of Idaho

• Roya Qualls Scales, Western Carolina University

• Julie Winneur Ankrum, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

• H. Emily Hayden, Iowa State University