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Four instructional strategy categories for web-based metacognitive skills training

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Description

The article integrates prior work into "four main categories, including advance organizer, concept map, scaffolding, and problem-solving strategies" for designing web-based metacognitive training. Advance organizers, drawn from Meaningful Learning Theory, help students integrate new knowledge with existing superordinate concepts; concept maps visualize relationships among concepts; scaffolding includes prompts, checklists, and procedural questions; and problem-solving strategies such as the IMPROVE method train students to raise metacognitive questions. The authors applied these categories in designing their website's four sections.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Instructors should investigate students' prerequisite knowledge first and design materials based on it, since meaningful learning occurs only when instructions comply with students' competencies and experiences

Constraints

  • The authors note they applied only a portion of the design principles and did not further investigate applications of these principles

Target Learners

  • college students in higher education

Learning Goals

  • metacognitive skills: planning, monitoring, modifying, and evaluating learning

Claims

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Key Sources

  • Chun-Yi Shen & Hsiu-Chuan Liu. (2011). Metacognitive Skills Development: A Web-Based Approach in Higher Education. The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, 10(2). https://www.tojet.net/
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title Four instructional strategy categories for web-based metacognitive skills training
description The article integrates prior work into "four main categories, including advance organizer, concept map, scaffolding, and problem-solving strategies" for designing web-based metacognitive training.
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