Metacognitive awareness is weakly correlated with intelligence and independently predicts performance (review-reported)¶

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q2 i? The review reports meta-analytic evidence, citing Ohtani and Hisasaka (2018), that metacognitive awareness and intelligence are weakly correlated and that metacognition independently predicts performance when controlling for intelligence. → Shan Li 2026

Evidence¶

Shan Li 2026¶

Shan Li, Juan Zheng. (2026). Motivational Apprenticeship: An Apprenticeship Framework for Developing Students' Motivational Competencies. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-025-10114-3

q2 · i? · quant-synthesis · r?

Narrative review attribution in the individual-differences section. The article uses this to argue that metacognitive awareness development varies among individuals and that apprenticeship should include initial assessments of metacognitive awareness. No coefficients are printed.

"Meta-analytic evidence indicates that metacognitive awareness and intelligence are weakly correlated, and that metacognition independently predicts performance when controlling for intelligence (Ohtani & Hisasaka, 2018)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Metacognition — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

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