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Metacognition in Real Life Situations and Study Skills and Habits: Two Types of Processes
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Al-Hilawani, Yasser A. – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2016
The relationship between metacognition in real life situations and study skills and habits was examined using a sample of college students. Results showed no significant relationship between these two variables nor was there a significant relationship between study skills and reaction time as measured on the metacognitive test. However, there was…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Study Skills, Study Habits, Cognitive Tests
Metacognition and Group Differences: A Comparative Study
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Al-Hilawani, Yasser A. – Exceptionality, 2014
In this study, metacognition refers to performing visual analysis and discrimination of real life events and situations in naïve psychology, naïve physics, and naïve biology domains. It is used, along with measuring reaction time, to examine differences in the ability of four groups of students to select appropriate pictures that correspond with…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Foreign Countries
Measuring Metacognition and Reaction Time: Further Findings on the Performances of General Education, Low-Achieving, and Institutionally Raised Students
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Al-Hilawani, Yasser A.; Abdullah, Ahmad A. – Journal of International Special Needs Education, 2010
The purpose of this study was to use the picture format to examine in depth the metacognitive performances and reaction time in general education, low-achieving, and institutionally raised students. Results revealed that institutionally raised students, unlike low-achieving students, took significantly the longest reaction time to finish the test…
Descriptors: Reaction Time, General Education, Metacognition, Low Achievement
A New Approach To Evaluating Metacognition in "Hearing Average-Achieving"; "Hearing Underachieving"; and "Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing" Elementary School Students.
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Al-Hilawani, Yasser A. – British Journal of Special Education, 2000
A study examined differences in metacognition among United Arab Emirates third-graders who were hearing average-achieving (N=58), had hearing impairments (N=25), and who were hearing underachieving (N=33). Students who were hearing average-achieving or had hearing impairments achieved significantly better on a metacognition evaluation than those…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Grade 3
Examining Metacognition in Hearing and Deaf/Hard of Hearing Students: A Comparative Study.
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Al-Hilawani, Yasser A. – American Annals of the Deaf, 2001
The metacognitive performance of 87 Arab typically developing adolescents and 20 Arab adolescents with deafness was examined. There was no significant difference between the students in metacognitive performance, nor were there gender-based differences among students with deafness. However, hearing female students scored significantly higher on…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Deafness, Foreign Countries, Metacognition
Measuring Students' Metacognition in Real-Life Situations
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Al-Hilawani, Yasser A. – American Annals of the Deaf, 2003
Metacognitive Performance of four groups of students (hearing high-achieving, hearing average-achieving, hearing underachieving, and deaf and hard of hearing) in first through third grade in the United Arab Emirates was examined and compared. Metacognition was measured using analyses of pictures depicting real-life problematic events, situations,…
Descriptors: Partial Hearing, Deafness, Problem Solving, Metacognition