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Zhu, Meina; Bonk, Curtis J. – Journal of Learning for Development, 2020
This mixed-methods study examines the design and delivery of MOOCs to facilitate student self-monitoring for self-directed learning (SDL). The data collection methods included an online survey (n = 198), semi-structured interviews of MOOC instructors (n = 22), and document analysis of MOOCs (n = 22). This study found that MOOC instructors viewed…
Descriptors: Large Group Instruction, Online Courses, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Meijer, Joost; Sleegers, Peter; Elshout-Mohr, Marianne; van Daalen-Kapteijns, Maartje; Meeus, Wil; Tempelaar, Dirk – Educational Research, 2013
Background: Interest in the role of metacognition has been steadily rising in most forms of education. This study focuses on the construction of a questionnaire for measuring metacognitive knowledge, metacognitive regulation and metacognitive responsiveness among students in higher education and the subsequent process of testing to determine its…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Higher Education, Independent Study, Questionnaires
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Romainville, Marc – Studies in Higher Education, 1994
A study of the relationship between metacognition and academic achievement in 35 Belgian freshmen economics majors found high-achieving students to be aware of more cognitive rules and to evoke such metacognitive knowledge more frequently. Their metacognitive knowledge also seemed more structured and hierarchically organized. Five metacognitive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, College Freshmen, Economics