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Effects of Metacognitive Skills and Nonverbal Ability on Academic Achievement of High School Pupils.
Peer reviewedMaqsud, M. – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1997
Reports the findings of two experiments conducted with South African senior high school students to examine the relationships of metacognitive strategies and nonverbal reasoning ability to test performance in mathematics and English comprehension. Suggests that teaching metacognitive strategies to students who lack such skills may improve their…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability, English Instruction, Foreign Countries
