- Title
- Metacognitive monitoring of working memory performance and its relationship to academic achievement in grade 4 children
- Creator
- Freeman, Emily E.; Karayanidis, Frini; Chalmers, Kerry A.
- Relation
- Learning and Individual Differences Vol. 57, Issue July 2017, p. 58-64
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2017.06.003
- Publisher
- Pergamon Press
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2017
- Description
- The relationship between metacognitive monitoring of working memory performance and academic achievement was examined in 73 Grade 4 children. Working memory was assessed using the Working Memory Power Test (WMPT) for children. Metacognitive monitoring was assessed by confidence ratings and two calibration measures, the Bias Index and the Absolute Accuracy Index, calculated from WMPT scores. Children also completed the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test - Australian Abbreviated (WIAT-II). Regression analyses showed the Bias Index was the best metacognitive monitoring calibration measure for predicting academic achievement. These findings extend previous research in two important ways. Firstly, we have shown that Grade 4 children have metacognitive monitoring abilities. Secondly, we have demonstrated that children are able to metacognitively monitor their working memory performance and that the calibration of this monitoring is related to their academic achievement.
- Subject
- working memory; metacognitive monitoring; academic achievement; confidence Calibration
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1384396
- Identifier
- uon:32062
- Identifier
- ISSN:1041-6080
- Rights
- © 2017. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Language
- eng
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