In this work the use of metacognition for the enhancement of webbased collaboration is presented. In particular the work focuses on the enhancement of the collaborative skills by means of developing metacognitive strategies. Through such strategies the individual is expected to be able to monitor his/her collaborative interactions and adjust them in order to enhance the effectiveness of his/her...

This paper presents theoretical issues about the role of metacognition in learning, as well as the architecture and design of a learning system dedicated to monitoring and helping students to use their metacognitive skills. This system is called the Reflection Assistant and is supposed to be used together with problem solving or case−based learning systems. Thus, through interactions with the R...

Computer programming is regarded as a difficult skill to learn both by researchers and often by learners themselves. Metacognition has been identified as an important factor to be a successful learner in learning computer programming. Metacognitive in educational psychology is generally described as monitoring and controlling activities of one’s cognition. The researchers have examined the Meta...

The purpose of this study was to explore the ways in which a concept mapping task could enhance the learning experience of preschool children by facilitating metacognitive skills involving planning, prediction, correcting errors and evaluating progress. Specifically, this study used discourse analysis from transcribed videotapes to explore child-adult interactions in three small groups as each ...

Human behavior depends on the ability to effectively introspect about our performance. For simple perceptual decisions, this introspective or metacognitive ability varies substantially across individuals and is correlated with the structure of focal areas in prefrontal cortex. This raises the possibility that the ability to introspect about different perceptual decisions might be mediated by a ...

Backward Associative Strength (BAS) is considered as a good predictor of false memory (FM) produced by DeeseRoediger-McDermott (DRM) task. Previous study found that both semantic properties and BAS load on the same factor of the task (Brainerd et al., 2008). It is proposed that DRM lists composed of Situation Properties (SP) can elicit high FM at low BAS (Cann et al., 2011). We assume that SP c...

Mindfulness training has proven to be an efficacious therapeutic tool for a variety of clinical and nonclinical health problems and a booster of well-being. In this paper we propose a multi-level metacognitive model of mindfulness. We postulate and discuss following hypothesis: (1) mindfulness is related to the highest level of metacognition; (2) mindfulness depends on dynamic cooperation of th...

Awareness of deficits after brain injury represents a significant clinical and theoretical challenge, but relatively little is known about the neuroanatomical correlates of specific types of deficit awareness. We examined the awareness correlates of left versus right prefrontal cortex lesions in comparison to left and right posterior lesions including two types of awareness measures--metacognit...

Today, the WWW is a very prominent resource of healthrelated information, both, for medical experts and laypersons (e.g. Fox, 2003). The latter often retrieve these information to make an informed decision. However, one cannot expect laypersons to deal with these information effectively offhand. We rather assume that to succeed, laypersons need to actively guide their search process on a metaco...

This study examined the effects of metacognitive scaffolds on learning outcomes of collaborating students in an innovative learning arrangement. The triads were supported by computerized scaffolds, which were dynamically integrated into the learning process and took a structuring or problematizing form. In an experimental design the two experimental groups receiving scaffolds were compared with...