0747-5632/$ see front matter 2011 Elsevier Ltd. A doi:10.1016/j.chb.2011.11.017 ⇑ Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 407-882-1300; fax E-mail addresses: [email protected] (L. Fiorella), Walcutt), [email protected] (S. Fiore). The purpose of the current study was to test the differential impact of two forms of metacognitive prompts on knowledge acquisition and application during simulation-base...

BACKGROUND In preparation for a randomized controlled trial, a pilot study was conducted to investigate the feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness of a psychotherapy group based on metacognitive-oriented social skills training (MOSST). METHODS Twelve outpatients with schizophrenia were offered 16 group-sessions of MOSST. Effect sizes were calculated for changes from baseline to treatmen...

background: cognitive and metacognitive learning strategies are identified as important solutions for improving academic achievement. this study aimed toevaluate the effect of teaching cognitive and metacognitive learning strategies on academic achievement among nursing students. methods: this study was an experimental with pretest and posttest and follow-updesign.  the study population include...

BACKGROUND The present study is rooted in a cognitive-metacognitive approach. The study examines two ways to structure group interaction: one is based on worked-out examples (WE) and the other on metacognitive training (MT). Both methods were implemented in cooperative settings, and both guided students to focus on the problem's essential parts and on appropriate problem-solving strategies. A...

This study was aimed at investigating the effect of collaborative assessment, as compared to that of static assessment, on the EFL learners’ reading comprehension, metacognitive strategies, and critical thinking. In this mixed-methods research design study, 62 intermediate EFL learners out of a population of 79 English language learners, were randomly selected and divided into two groups of exp...

Experiential training simulators are gaining increasing popularity for job-related training due to their potential to engage and motivate adult learners. They are designed to provide learning experiences that are directly connected to users’ work environments and support self-regulated learning. Nevertheless, learners often fail to transfer the knowledge gained in the simulated environment to r...

Abstract The study investigates with inductive content analysis the verbal manifestations of schizophrenia patients, their utterances within theory mind modules Metacognitive Training. Participants were recruited via psychiatrists’ referrals. Four small groups formed, two which consented to audio recording sessions. Only sessions these five and four patients respectively investigated. As partic...

While research in metacognition has grown significantly in the past 10 years, there has been a relative lack of research devoted to the focused study of the interactions between metacognition and affective processes. Computational models represent a useful tool which can help remedy this situation by constructing causal models of demonstrated correlational relationships, and by generating empir...

The present study examined the relative effects of mindful acceptance and reappraisal onmetacognitive attitudes and beliefs in relation to rumination and negative experiences. A small but growing literature has compared the effects of these strategies on immediate emotional experience, but little work has examined the broader, metacognitive impact of these strategies, such as maladaptive belief...

BACKGROUND Metacognitive Group Training for Schizophrenia Patients (MCTg) focuses on dysfunctional thinking styles (e.g. cognitive biases) putatively involved in the formation and maintenance of delusions. Recently, the Individualized Metacognitive Therapy Program for Patients with Psychosis (MCT+), an extension of the group training, was released. MCT+ sessions aim to correct false metacogniti...