Metacognitive awareness among multidisciplinary university students emerges as two dimensions: knowledge about cognition and regulation of cognition¶

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q2 i? Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of an 18-item MAI in a multidisciplinary higher education sample indicated a two-factor solution corresponding to knowledge about cognition and regulation of cognition. → Tuononen 2023

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Tuononen 2023¶

Tuononen, T., Hyytinen, H., Räisänen, M., Hailikari, T., & Parpala, A. (2023). Metacognitive awareness in relation to university students' learning profiles. Metacognition and Learning, 18, 37–54. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11409-022-09314-x

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Factor analysis of the shortened 18-item MAI administered with the HowULearn questionnaire to 462 third-year students. Parallel analysis and MAP test supported two factors; the subsequent CFA showed RMSEA = 0.083 with "the values of the CFI and the TLI remained modest" (CFI 0.855, TLI 0.82), and Cronbach's alphas were 0.83 and 0.84.

"Both the parallel analysis and the MAP test indicated a two-factor solution, which is in line with previous studies (Harrison & Vallin, 2018; Schraw & Dennison, 1994). All loadings were above the desired 0.32 mark"

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