Metacognitive Activity in college students: a preliminary study
Keywords:
actividad metacognitiva, estudiantes universitarios, conciencia, control, autopoiesisAbstract
This research proposes to give account of metacognitive activity levels in college students, differentiating on the basis of variables such as age and academic semester of the participants, using the Self-Report Questionnaire of Metacognitive Activity. In the study involved 95 students of both sexes, who are studying first, fifth and tenth semester in a psychology program at a public university. The dumped data to establish that the metacognitive activity, in relation to both the semester as with age in the sample studied, is located in a mid-level low. In any semester and in any age range are recorded high levels in the components of Consciousness, Control and Autopoiesis. No significant correlation was found between metacognitive activity and academic semester completed, nor with age.
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