Investigation of Primary School Students' Metacognitive Awareness and Decision-Making Skill

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the third and fourth grade primary school students’ metacognitive awareness and perception of their decision-making skill and the relationship between them. The study employed the relational survey model. The population of the study is comprised of the third and fourth grade primary school students attending at the state schools in the Marmaris province of the city of Muğla. The sample was randomly determined and included 143 students. As the data collection tools, “The Teacher Form to Determine Primary School Students’ Metacognitive Awareness” and “The Scale of Third and Fourth Grade Primary School Students’ Perception of Decision-Making Skill” were used. The findings have revealed that the primary school students’ metacognitive awareness and perception of their decision-making skill are high. It was concluded that the third and fourth grade primary school students’ metacognitive awareness and perception of decision-making skill do not differ significantly in terms of the gender and grade level variables. Moreover, a positive and weak correlation was found between the students’ metacognitive awareness and perception of decision-making skill and their metacognitive perception was found to predict their perception of decision-making skill. It can be argued that during the primary education, when teachers get students engaged in activities to develop their metacognitive awareness, their decision-making skill can also be developed.