The relation between metacognition and critical thinking is bidirectional: metacognition improves thinking skills and vice versa¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? The study's data showed that metacognition improves thinking skills and thinking skills improve metacognition, though the design could not separate the two factors. → Rivas SF 2022

Evidence¶

Rivas SF 2022¶

Rivas SF, Saiz C and Ossa C (2022) Metacognitive Strategies and Development of Critical Thinking in Higher Education. Front. Psychol. 13:913219. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.913219

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Authors' interpretation of the pre-post results in the discussion; the article states "this relation is bidirectional" while acknowledging the quasi-experimental design could not establish a sequence of independent factors.

"Our data have shown that this relation is bidirectional, so that metacognition improves thinking skills and vice versa. It remains to establish a sequence of independent factors to avoid this confusion, something which the present study has aided with to be able to design future research in this area."

Discussion¶

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