Validity Evidence of a Scale Designed to Assess Children's Metacognition

ABSTRACT Thoughts and knowledge that individuals have about their own cognitive processes define the term metacognition. The aim of this work was to continue the validation process of Metacognition Scale (EMETA) analyzing evidence based on the structure and consistency internal and a comparison between the means to investigate the influences of variables such as gender, school type and age of participants. The results found with 196 participants between 9 and 12 years old indicate the presence of a single factor called Metacognition and the possibility to reduction for 40 items. There was no significant difference influenced by the three variables. Despite the favorable results to the accumulation of evidence of validity, other parameters must still be evaluated on future researches.摘要：个体对自身认知过程所持有的想法与知识，即为元认知（metacognition）的定义。本研究旨在推进元认知量表（Metacognition Scale, EMETA）的效度验证工作，基于量表的结构与内部一致性分析证据，并通过组间比较探究性别、学校类型及参与者年龄等变量对元认知的影响。本研究共纳入196名9至12岁的参与者，研究结果显示该量表存在一个被命名为元认知的单一因子，且具备精简至40个题项的可行性。上述三类变量未对元认知造成显著影响。尽管本研究为效度证据的积累提供了有利支撑，但未来仍需对其他参数开展进一步评估与验证。