Evaluated use of interviews with students to assess and promote self-appraisal of their academic learning. Year four, five, and six students provided self-evaluation of examples of their work. Found that the interview assesses metacognitive abilities related to strategic and motivated learning, and is a promising assessment tool for parent…

Children's metacognitive awareness of variables (such as person, task, goals, and strategy) that influence reading was assessed with an interview. Second graders were aware of some reading dimensions but were less sensitive to semantic structure than sixth graders. Relations among instruction, metacognitive development, and reading proficiency are…

The developing relationship between children's metacognition and reading comprehension was examined for 87 third and 84 fifth graders. Students using the experimental curriculum--Informed Strategies for Learning--made significant gains in metacognition and the use of reading strategies when compared with control students. (TJH)