Effects of Goal-Orientation on Metacognitive Activity [microform] / Anthony E. Middlebrooks
- Bib ID:
- 5596702
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Middlebrooks, Anthony E
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- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED398273
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1996
- 30 p.
- Summary:
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This study examined the effect of goal-orientation on subjects' metacognitive activities during problem solving. Twenty female undergraduate students were randomly assigned to a learning or performance goal-orientation condition. The subjects were given an open-ended problem-solving task with instructions highlighting their respective goal-orientation. A questionnaire measuring metacognitive activities was administered before, during, and after the problem-solving task. The results demonstrated that students under a learning goal-orientation used metacognitive activities that were less efficient in solving the problem, but more likely to improve the solver's understanding. Performance goal-oriented subjects tended to use metacognitive activities that would lead to an efficient, accurate solution without regard for self-development. A pattern of metacognitive activity under each goal-orientation was illustrated. These results are consistent with research on goal-orientation and motivation, and they provide theoretical and practical conclusions for using metacognition and goal-orientation in education. Four appendixes present sample problems, task instructions, the questionnaire itself, and questionnaire responses by metacognitive activity. (Contains 2 tables and 38 references.) (Author/SLD)
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- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (New York, NY, April 8-12, 1996).
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- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
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- 1856
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- Publication date:
- 1847
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