Metacognitive knowledge and intentions to use effective strategies do not reliably translate into actual strategy use (intention-behavior gap)¶

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q2 i? Students often know which strategies are effective and intend to use them, yet fail to apply them consistently in practice, a discrepancy the article calls the intention-behavior gap. → Ann-Kathrin Krause 2025

Evidence¶

Ann-Kathrin Krause 2025¶

Ann-Kathrin Krause, Jasmin Breitwieser, Garvin Brod. (2025). Understanding Learning Strategy Use Through the Lens of Habit. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-025-10087-3

q2 · i? · theoretical · r3

Narrative review of prior studies, attributed as the article attributes them: Blasiman et al. (2017) on knowledge and fading intentions, Rea et al. (2022) on vignette judgments diverging from own behavior, and Susser & McCabe (2013) on preferring spaced study ideally but cramming in practice.

"Blasiman et al. ( 2017) showed that students have relatively accurate metacognitive knowledge on the effectiveness of learning strategies and express the intention to use them. However, as the semester progresses, particularly toward the end as exams approach, they often struggle to maintain these intentions."

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