The Purposes of this study were to examine the effects of cognitive monitoring strategy on the academic achievement and to analyze the interaction effects of cognitive monitoring strategy and level of creativity of the learner.
To achieve these purpo...
The Purposes of this study were to examine the effects of cognitive monitoring strategy on the academic achievement and to analyze the interaction effects of cognitive monitoring strategy and level of creativity of the learner.
To achieve these purposes, 122 6th grade students were sampled in Seoul, and they were assigned to the experimental group and control group. Prior to the experimental treatment, the academic achievement test was administrated. And then experimental group was treated with instruction in using cognitive monitoring strategy, while control group was treated with traditional instruction. The instruction lasted for 9 sessions, each session consisting of 40 minutes. After 3 weeks the achievement test administrated. The collected data were analyzed by t-test, and two-way analysis of variance.
The findings of the study were as follows:
1. The academic achievement showed a statistically significant difference between two types of instruction(t=2.40, p< .05). The t-test indicated that the academic achievement in math of the experimental group is higher than that of the control group.
2. The level of creativity was found to be insignificant given the alpha level of .05(t=1.038, p< .05).
3. The interaction effect of cognitive monitoring strategy and creativity level on academic achievement was found to be significant given the alpha level of .05(F=7.478, p>. 05).
In conclusion, the instruction in using cognitive monitoring strategy was more effective than traditional instruction on the academic achievement and the cognitive monitoring strategy was more effective in the lower of creativity.