Learn 2 Learn: A Metacognition Intervention for Improving Academic Performance and Motivation on Middle School Aged Students
7 Introduction 8 Self Regulated Learning 8 Metacognition. 10 Motivational Factors of Learning 12 Classroom Engagement, Positive Emotions, and Motivation 13 Disaffection, Anxiety, and Metacognition 16 Metacognitive Based Interventions. 17 Self Assessments of Metacognition and Motivation 20 Online Measures of Metacognition 23 Metacognition and Gameplay 27 Previous Intervention Research at Trinity College 28 Implications of Research 29 Current Study 29 Hypotheses 31 Metacognitive awareness. 31 Academic performance. 31 Online versus offline assessments. 32 METACOGNITION, ENGAGEMENT, AND STUDENT SUCCESS 4 Experiment 1: Intervention Study 32 Methods 32 Participants. 32 Measures. 33 Procedure. 37 Results 48 Correlations among measures. 48 Quantitative MC5. 50 Qualitative MC5. 51 Teacher ratings of metacognition. 52 Academic performance. 52 Self efficacy. 53 Achievement values. 54 Engagement versus disaffection. 54 Test anxiety. 55 Discussion 56 Limitations and further research. 60 Experiment 2: Online Measure of Metacognition (Pilot Study) 61 Methods 61 Participants. 61 METACOGNITION, ENGAGEMENT, AND STUDENT SUCCESS 5 Measures. 62 Procedure. 63 Results 64 Quantitative "Oregon Trail" online measurement. 64 Discussion 64 References 66 Tables 72 Figures. 80 Appendices 94 Appendix A 94 Appendix B 95 Appendix C 96 Appendix D 97 Appendix E 102 Appendix F 104 Appendix G 105 Appendix H 109 Appendix I 110 Appendix J. 116 Appendix K 120 METACOGNITION, ENGAGEMENT, AND STUDENT SUCCESS 6 Appendix L 123 Appendix M. 125 Appendix N 126 Appendix O 127 Appendix P 128 Appendix Q 130 Appendix R 131 Appendix S 142 Appendix T 155 Appendix U 156 Appendix V 158 Appendix W 160 METACOGNITION, ENGAGEMENT, AND STUDENT SUCCESS 7 Abstract The current study explored the effect of metacognition training on the academic performance of middle school students. Intervention sessions for 6 and 8 graders were designed