Even though critical thinking abilities are emphasized as being essential for Pre-Service Teachers (PSTs), it has been discovered through studies that PSTs' fall short of expectations. Soft Skills-Based Metacognitive Approach is a learning approach which utilizes capability particularly in skills. This study aims to determine the Implementation Improving Critical Thinking Skills based on three ...

The transnational widening of participation in higher education (HE) and the concomitant emphasis on promoting successful progression and high retention are focusing attention on how best to create supportive learning environments in HE. Using a phenomenographic approach, we explore variance in how first year undergraduate students experience the learning of generic, subject-related and metacog...

This study aimed to develop the Metacognitive Skills Assessment in a Research Proposal Writing Context (MSARPW), multidimensional measure, based on student perspectives, for assessing metacognitive skills thesis writing, and assess instrument’s psychometric properties using item factor analysis (IFA) response models. The 40-item MSARPW was administered 602 Indonesian university students (Mage =...

Introduction This article measures the meta-comprehension of reading practices among schoolchildren and students. Methods The Metacognitive Awareness Reading Strategies Inventory (MARSI) Scale (MAI) was used to do this. Results research results showed that MARSI students overall outperformed high school students, differences were tested using Student’s t -test. problem-solving subscale recorded...

Virtual learning environments require a student to be able to selfregulate and manage learning. Students need support in developing this ability to be self-directed learners and take charge of their own learning. The high dropout rate in distance education (Kember 1989; Sweet 1986) underscores the need for such student support. In order to help students to develop their self-regulation and meta...

In our on-going endeavor to teach students better help-seeking skills we designed a three-pronged Help-Seeking Support Environment that includes (a) classroom instruction (b) a Self-Assessment Tutor, to help students evaluate their own need for help, and (c) an updated version of the Help Tutor, which provides feedback with respect to students’ help-seeking behavior, as they solve problems with...