The Self-Efficacy as Predictors of the Metacognition Skills in Children

Abstract

It is important for children to have some skills and competencies in the acquisition of effective learning skills. Metacognition skills that allow children to become aware of what they know and think to learn a knowledge, and build on the knowledge they will learn in this process; they need to be self-efficacy in order to accomplish a task and to be able to come up with new problems or situations. In this context, the research aimed to determine whether self-efficacy in children predicts metacognition skills, and also the results of the relationship between self-efficacy and metacognition and the validity and reliability of the measurement tools used are included in the study. In the research, the correlational survey model, which is one of the quantitative research method, is used to determine the relationship between two or more variables. The study group of this study consists of 350 children aged between 12 and 14 years, continuing to secondary school. The Personal Information Form, Self-Efficacy for Children and Scale of Metacognition Skills for Children were used together to collect the data of the study. The cronbach alpha coefficient and confirmatory factor analysis results on the validity and reliability of the measurement tools provided valid and reliable results. To investigate the relationship between self-efficacy and metacognition skills, the Pearson Moments Multiplication Correlation Coefficient is calculated and indicates that there is a relationship between the two variables. It has been determined that self-efficacy is a predictor of metacognition skills according to the results of multiple regression to examine whether self-efficacy beliefs in children are predictive of metacognition skills. Cocuklardaki ozyeterlik becerilerinin ust bilis becerilerinin yordayicisi olup olmadigini belirlemek icin gerceklestirilen coklu regresyon sonuclarina gore ozyeterlik becerileri ustbilisin bir yordayicisi oldugu bulgularina ulasilmistir. The development of metacognition and self-efficacy skills together in children is one of the issues to be emphasized by parents and educators.