The purpose of the present study is to examine whether subject-specific and/or across-subject metacognition relates positively with school achievement, and determine if partialling IQ from the metacognition-school achievement relations should influenc...
The purpose of the present study is to examine whether subject-specific and/or across-subject metacognition relates positively with school achievement, and determine if partialling IQ from the metacognition-school achievement relations should influence the magnitude of those correlations
The subjects of the study were seventh graders from four junior-high schools located in Kwnag-Ju City. The total number of the subjects was 414. Each of subject-specifc metacognition and across-subject metcognition was measured by the Comprehension Monitoring Test made by the present researcher. A Concurrent validity between IQ and metacognition was moderate(r=.59), and a test-retest reliability was achievement test prepared by the present researcher. IQ was measured by a standardized intelligence scale. Pearson r and t-value were computed.
The results revealed that subject-specific metacognition related positively with school achievement and across-subject metacognition also related positively with school achievement. It was found that the relations between subject-specific metacognition and school achievement and those between across-subject metacognition and school achievement were reduced to near a half of the magnitude of the correlations, when IQ was statistically taken from the relation. However, the remained correlations were still significant statistically. It was also found that group high in metacognition and that high in IQ did not show differences in school achievements. It was concluded that subject-specific and across-subject metacognitions should be a promising cognitive variable for predicting school achievement, even though IQ is highly correlated with those metacognitions.