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Thinking about thinking: changes in first-year medical students’ metacognition and its relation to performance

Wei Han Hong; Jamunarani Vadivelu; Esther Gnanamalar Sarojini Daniel; Joong Hiong Sim · 2015 · Medical Education Online

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Abstract

Background: Studies have shown the importance of metacognition in medical education. Metacognitive skills consist of two dimensions: knowledge of metacognition and regulation of metacognition. Aim: This study hypothesizes that the knowledge and regulation of metacognition is significantly different at the beginning and end of the academic year, and a correlation exists between the two dimensions of metacognitive skills with academic performance. Methods: The Metacognitive Skills Inventory comprising 52 Likert-scale items was administered to 159 first-year medical students at the University of

Abstract by Wei Han Hong; Jamunarani Vadivelu; Esther Gnanamalar Sarojini Daniel; Joong Hiong Sim, Medical Education Online (2015) — licensed CC BY 4.0.

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Metadata source: DOAJ · DOI 10.3402/meo.v20.27561