Metacognitive Monitoringin students of elementary school

Abstract This study aimed to examine the metacognitive monitoring of 159 students of elementary school and investigate its relationship with gender, age, education level, school performance and participation or not in Parallel Recovery Program. The students were 3rd and 4th year and 5th and 8th grade aged between eight and fifteen years. Data were collected by an instrument with Metacognitive Monitoring exercises in Portuguese and mathematics and two questions that assess the participant's judgment accuracy. The results revealed that younger students were more accurate monitoring and showed better school performance, regardless of gender. The accuracy of monitoring decreased with advancing education and was higher among students who did not attend the parallel recovery program. The data are discussed in terms of the implications of metacognitive monitoring to the educational context.