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Peer reviewedRomainville, Marc – Studies in Higher Education, 1994
A study of the relationship between metacognition and academic achievement in 35 Belgian freshmen economics majors found high-achieving students to be aware of more cognitive rules and to evoke such metacognitive knowledge more frequently. Their metacognitive knowledge also seemed more structured and hierarchically organized. Five metacognitive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, College Freshmen, Economics
Peer reviewedCuthbert, Katherine – Studies in Higher Education, 1995
The use of cognitive social learning theory to help students plan independent study projects is examined and illustrated in the context of a Manchester Metropolitan University (England) senior project program. The theoretical model drawn from the theory focuses on self-regulated learning, and its application emphasizes students' development of…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Case Studies, Cognitive Processes, College Seniors
