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Gender And Subject Area Differences In Academic Metacognition And Motivation, Adelaide Jenkins
Gender And Subject Area Differences In Academic Metacognition And Motivation, Adelaide Jenkins
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This study was a continuation of the ongoing Trinity metacognition project investigating the metacognitive awareness and skills of middle school students. The present study examined whether there were gender differences in the ways metacognition is used in two different subject areas: social studies and math. It also investigated whether gender has an effect on how students use metacognition in these two school subjects. Students in the sixth, seventh, and eighth grade were surveyed about their metacognitive and motivational awareness in math and social studies. Results showed that female students used metacognition more than male students in both math and social …