Short- and long-term effects of students' self-directed metacognitive prompts on navigation behavior and learning performance
Short- and long-term effects of students' self-directed metacognitive prompts on navigation behavior and learning performance
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DOI:
10.1016/j.chb.2015.05.038
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发表时间:
2015-11-01
影响因子:
9.9
通讯作者:
Pieger, Elisabeth
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作者:
Bannert, Maria;Sonnenberg, Christoph;Pieger, Elisabeth
This study seeks to promote learning in computer-based learning environments utilizing students' self-directed metacognitive prompts. Such prompts are based on the idea of instructing students to design their own metacognitive scaffolds and learn with them afterward. In a pre-post experimental design, students in the experimental group (n = 35) were instructed to configure their own metacognitive prompts before learning whereas students in the control group (n = 35) learned without prompts. Log file analysis of navigation behavior indicates that students who learned with their individually designed, self-directed prompts visited relevant webpages significantly more often and spent a longer time on them compared with students in the control group. Moreover, participants in the experimental group attained better transfer performance immediately after learning. The long-term effect in transfer performance was even greater in a follow-up learning session conducted after three weeks without any instructional support in either group. These results are consistent with theories of metacognition and self-regulated learning and indicate that self-directed prompts can lead to sustainable effects. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.