Metacognition interventions enhance cognitive and academic outcomes in typically developing children up to age 12 at immediate post-test (g = 0.48)¶

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q4 i2 Metacognition interventions show an overall positive effect at immediate post-test across general cognitive outcomes in young children. → Janina Eberhart 2024

Evidence¶

Janina Eberhart 2024¶

Janina Eberhart, Franziska Ingendahl, Donna Bryce. (2024). Are metacognition interventions in young children effective? Evidence from a series of meta-analyses. Metacognition and Learning. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11409-024-09405-x

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Preregistered multilevel meta-analysis of 349 effect sizes from 67 studies of metacognition interventions in typically developing children up to age 12, using four-level mixed-effects models. The article reports "immediate post-test g = 0.48 (95% CI [0.35, 0.61])".

"An overall effectiveness of metacognition interventions was evidenced at immediate post-test g = 0.48 (95% CI [0.35, 0.61]), and at follow-up g = 0.29 (95% CI [0.17, 0.40])."

Discussion¶

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