Assessment of Metacognition in Mathematics: Which One of Two Methods is a Better Predictor of Mathematics Achievement?

Abstract

Article History: Received 03.12.2013 Received in revised form 14.03.2014 Accepted 22.03.2014 Available online 21.04.2014 In recent years metacognition was discussed as a significant concept in mathematics education. However, means of measuring metacognition efficiently is still a problem. This problem has been at the center of a scientific debate about which instruments are more suitable. In this study two off-line methods, student and teacher evaluations were used. The aim of this research is to investigate which one of the evaluation form (teacher form versus student form) is the predictor of mathematic achievement. For this aim two studies were carried out. In the first study mathematics achievements of students were measured by mathematic scores in their reports. In the second study it was measured by more standard test called Placement test (Seviye Belirleme Sinavi -SBS). In the first study 408 primary school students from a state school participated. Only sixth grade students who attended SBS exam of the first study were taken the second study. According to results of this study that aimed to investigate which one of the evaluation forms (teacher form versus student form) is the predictor of mathematics achievement, instead of the results of students evaluation form, the results of teacher evaluation form are the main predictor of the mathematics scores of students. Teacher evaluation form alone explains about 51 % of the variance in mathematics achievement. © 2014 IOJES. All rights reserved