Diagramming scaffold improves relative metacomprehension accuracy for causal relations in expository texts¶
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q3 i1 Students in both diagramming conditions had significantly higher relative metacomprehension accuracy for causal relations than control students (η²p = .032). → Pijeira-Díaz 2023
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Pijeira-Díaz 2023¶
Pijeira-Díaz, H. J., van de Pol, J., Channa, F., & de Bruin, A. (2023). Scaffolding self-regulated learning from causal-relations texts: Diagramming and self-assessment to improve metacomprehension accuracy? Metacognition and Learning, 18, 631–658. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11409-023-09343-0
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Randomized three-condition experiment (N = 427 secondary students); ANCOVA with dyslexia as covariate showed "significant differences among conditions regarding relative metacomprehension accuracy for relations" with η²p = .032; both diagramming groups outperformed control.
"There were significant differences among conditions regarding relative metacomprehension accuracy for relations, F(3, 384) = 4.175, p = .006, η 2 p =0 .032 ."
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Related Claims¶
- Diagramming scaffold also improves absolute metacomprehension accuracy for causal relations, extending the effect beyond relative accuracy — related
- Adding diagram self-assessment to diagram completion does not increase diagnostic cue utilization or metacomprehension accuracy beyond diagramming alone — related
- Pre-structured diagrams improved metacomprehension accuracy while self-assessment cues showed no differences — related
- Diagramming conditions show no significant differences from control in regulation measures or reading comprehension test scores for causal relations — related
- Self-assessments of diagram boxes are more accurate than comprehension judgments and strongly correlated with them in the diagramming paradigm — related
- Little or no relation between absolute and relative accuracy in metacomprehension research — related
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Diagramming scaffold improves relative metacomprehension accuracy for causal relations in expository texts |
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Diagramming scaffold improves relative metacomprehension accuracy for causal relations in expository texts |
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