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ERIC Number: EJ560301
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Effects of Metacognitive Strategy Training within a Cooperative Group Learning Context on Computer Achievement and Anxiety: An Aptitude-Treatment Interaction Study.
McInerney, Valentina; McInerney, Dennis M.; Marsh, Herbert W.
Journal of Educational Psychology, v89 n4 p686-95 Dec 1997
Two aptitude-treatment interaction studies involving 61 college students examined comparative effects of metacognitive strategy training in self-questioning within cooperative group learning and traditional direct instruction on the acquisition of computing competence, learning anxiety, and positive cognition. Results support including cooperative self-regulatory components into teaching computing skills for adult learners. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, Aptitude, College Students, Competence, Computer Anxiety, Computer Literacy, Cooperative Learning, Generalization, Higher Education, Interaction, Metacognition, Problem Solving, Self Efficacy, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Academic Self Concept; Hierarchical Models; Self Regulated Learning
Note: Research supported in part by grants awarded through the Research Office at the University of Western Sydney, Australia.