%0 Journal Article
%T An Exploration of Metacognition and Its Effect on Mathematical Performance In Differential Equations
%A Mary J Smith
%J The Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
%D 2013
%I Indiana University
%X Research suggests that students who are ¡°metacognitively aware learners¡± demonstrate better academic performance (Shraw & Dennison, 1994; Md. Yunus & Ali, 2008). In this research, the metacognitive levels for two classes of differential equations students were studied. Students completed a survey adapted from the Metacognitive Awareness Inventory (MAI) (Shraw & Dennison, 1994) at the start of the course. The questions chosen from the MAI were aimed at three components concerning the students¡¯ knowledge about their cognition: declarative knowledge, procedural knowledge, and conditional knowledge.  Analysis shows student performance, as measured by the course grade, cannot be predicted by metacognitive awareness levels.
%K Metacognition
%K MAI
%K differential equations
%U http://josotl.indiana.edu/article/view/2071