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http://dx.doi.org/10.7468/jksmed.2022.25.4.245

The Effect of Using Metacognitive Strategies in Mathematics Lesson on Students' Metacognitive Awareness  

Hizir, Kucukakca (Department of Educational Sciences Curriculum and Instruction, Aydin Adnan Menderes University)
Ayse Elitok, Kesici (Department of Educational Sciences Curriculum and Instruction, Aydin Adnan Menderes University)
Ji-Eun, Lee (Department of Teacher Development and Educational studies Oakland University)
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Research in Mathematical Education / v.25, no.4, 2022 , pp. 245-266 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study examines how teaching metacognitive strategies to students in a sixth-grade mathematics class affects their metacognitive awareness. Participants were 36 sixth-grade students in a middle school affiliated with the Ministry of National Education of Turkey in the 2020-2021 academic year. The students in the experimental group (n = 18) were taught a total of 40 mathematics lessons for eight weeks to improve their metacognitive awareness. The students in the control group (n=18) were taught mathematics in line with the regular mathematics curriculum. Using the Jr. Metacognitive Awareness Inventory, participants in both groups took a pre-test at the beginning and a post-test at the end of the study. To better interpret the data obtained, various statistical tests were performed. The pre-test and post-test averages of the groups were compared using the t-test for the normally distributed data for dependent and independent groups. The pre-test results showed no significant difference between the metacognitive awareness scores of the experimental and control groups (p>0.05). The comparison of post-test averages showed that students' metacognitive awareness differed significantly in favor of the experimental group (p<0.05). According to this, it was concluded that metacognitive strategy teaching in mathematics courses positively affected students' metacognitive awareness levels.
Keywords
junior metacognitive awareness inventory; metacognition; metacognitive strategy; metacognitive awareness;
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