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Version 1.3 – Updated November 2024

Meta-cognition strategies

Overview

  • Influence: Meta-cognition strategies
  • Domain: Student Learning Strategies
  • Sub-Domain: Meta-cognitive/self-regulated learning
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to considerably accelerate
  • Influence Definition: Meta-cognition is thinking about thinking; includes methods used to help students understand the way they learn.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 21
  • Number of studies: 803
  • Number of students: 114,305
  • Number of effects: 1,916
  • Weighted mean effect size: 0.58
  • Robustness index: 5

Meta-Analyses

Meta-Analyses
Journal Title Author First Author's Country Article Name Year Published Variable Number of Studies Number of Students Number of Effects Effect Size
Educational Researcher Haller, Child & Walberg USA Can comprehension be taught? A quantitative synthesis of "metacognitive" studies 1988 Meta-cognitive training programs in reading 20 1,553 20 0.71
ERIC Chiu USA Synthesizing Metacognitive Interventions: What Training Characteristics Can Improve Reading Performance?. 1998 Meta-cognitive interventions in reading 43 3,475 123 0.67
Dissertation Fan USA Metacognition and comprehension: a quantitative synthesis of metacognitive strategy instruction 1993 Metacognitive training on reading comprehension 41 3,219 223 0.56
Review of Educational Research Jacob & Parkinson USA The Potential for School-Based Interventions That Target Executive Function to Improve Academic Achievement: A Review 2015 Executive functioning 67 15,879 67 0.63
Southeast Linguistic Journal Baek Korea The effects of meta-cognitive strategies instruction in Korean education: Systematic review through meta-analysis. 2018 Metacognitive strategies 19 0 19 0.79
Dissertation Fauzan UK The effects of metacognitive strategies on reading comprehension: A quantitative synthesis an the empirical investigation. 2003 Metacognitive strategies on comprehension 27 0 82 0.50
Journal of Educational Psychology Greene, Cartiff, & Duke USA A meta-analytic review of the relationship between epistemic cognition and academic achievement 2018 Epistemic knowing 132 55,418 752 0.33
Learning and Individual Differences Yeniad, Malda, Mesman, van IJzendoorn, & Pieper Netherlands Shifting ability predicts math and reading performance in children: A meta-analytical study 2013 Shifting in Math achievement 20 4,596 34 0.47
Developmental Psychology Allan, Hume, Allan, Farrington, & Lonigan USA Relations Between Inhibitory Control and the Development of Academic Skills in Preschool and Kindergarten: A Meta-Analysis 2014 Inhibitory control in early years 75 14,424 85 0.56
Conference paper Liu, Wang, & Yang China Research on the influence of metacognitive strategies on primary and middle school students' academic performance from the perspective of technical support 2021 Meta-cognitive strategies 54 0 106 0.02
Educational Psychology Review Muncer, Higham, Gosling, Cortese, Wood-Downie, & Hadwin UK A meta-analysis investigating the association between metacognition and math performance in adolescence.  2021 Metacognition and math 31 0 31 0.80
International Journal on Studies in Education Antonio & Prudente Phillipines Effectiveness of metacognitive instruction on students' science learning achievement: A meta-analysis 2022 Metacognition in science 10 0 10 0.81
Children and Youth Services Review Lei, Chiu, Li, Wang, & Geng China Computational thinking and academic achievement: A meta-analysis among students 2020 Computational thinking 34 8,946 34 0.60
Frontiers in psychology Scionti, Cavallero, Zogmaister, & Marzocchi Italy Is cognitive training effective for improving executive functions in preschoolers? A systematic review and meta-analysis 2020 Cognitive training in executive functioning 27 0 123 0.34
Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching Wongdaeng & Higgins UK Effectiveness of metacognitive interventions in tertiary EFL contexts: evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis. 2023 Metacognitive training in EFF 29 0 29 1.33
US-China Foreign Language Shirvan, Ghonsooly, & Fatemi Iran The effectiveness of Strategy-Based Instruction in teaching English as a second or foreign language: A meta-analysis of experimental studies.  2016 Strategy instruction 26 0 26 0.99
International Journal of Instruction Sercenia & Prudente Phillipines Effectiveness of the metacognitive-based pedagogical intervention on mathematics achievement: A meta-analysis.  2023 Metacognitive interventions 23 0 23 1.36
Computers in Human Behavior Yan, Peng, & Liu USA Optimal design feature of computer-assisted reading instruction for students with reading difficulties? A Bayesian network meta-analysis.  2024 Reducing extraneous processing in CAI 49 4,700 53 0.65
Report Eberhart, Schafer, & Bryce Germany Are metacognition interventions in school-aged children effective? Evidence from a series of meta-analyses 2024 Metacognitive interventions 44 0 44 0.34
Dissertation Liu China Metacognitive strategy training and Chinee EFL learner's writing. 2010 Metacognitive programs on writing 11 768 11 0.77
Journal of Educational Computing Research Cheng, Zhang, Xu, Maeda, Gu USA The effects of computational thinking integration in STEM on students' learning performance in k-12 education: A meta-analysis.  2023 Computational thinking 21 1,327 21 0.85
TOTAL/AVERAGE 803 114,305 1,916 0.67
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