Metacognitive Skills as Predictors of Cognitive Failure

Salem Ali Salem Algharaibeh

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Metacognitive Skills as Predictors of Cognitive Failure

Salem Ali Salem Algharaibeh

Published in American Journal of Applied Psychology (Volume 6, Issue 3)

Received: 12 May 2017 Accepted: 22 May 2017 Published: 10 July 2017

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Abstract

This research aimed at identifying the levels of metacognitive skills (planning, monitoring, and assessment), cognitive failure, the differences in them according to specialisations (scientific college and literary college), and the predictive ability of metacognitive skills in detecting cognitive failure. The metacognitive skills questionnaire (MCSQ) and cognitive failure questionnaire (CFQ) were applied to 241 female students from Qassim University in Saudi Arabia. It was found that these students have high level of planning, low level of monitoring and assessment, and low level of cognitive failure. Next, it was revealed that there were statistically significant differences in planning and monitoring skills according to specialisations in favour of scientific colleges, and statistically significant differences in cognitive failure in favour of literary colleges. Also, cognitive failure could be inversely predicted by planning and monitoring.

Published in	American Journal of Applied Psychology (Volume 6, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajap.20170603.11
Page(s)	31-37
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Cognitive Failure, Metacognitive Skills, Undergraduate Students

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Department of Psychology, Qassim University, Buraidah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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