About the Measure
| Domains | Meta-cognition |
| Key stages | Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4 |
| Subscales | Knowledge of cognition; Regulation of cognition |
| Description | A measure for assessing metacognition in children in grades 6-9 to screen learners for potential metacognitive and cognitive strategy interventions and for use as an assessment tool to determine the effectriveness of ongoing interventions. |
| Example | I use my learning strengths to make up for my weaknesses. |
| Link | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0361476X01910914 |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 18 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Self |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 0 |
| Age | 11-15 |
| Cost single purchase | Available in jou |
| Cost per child | Available in jou |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .82 |
| Test retest | Not reported |
| Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
| EFA | EFA identified a |
| CFA | Two-factor solution accounted for 36% variance |
| Criterion validity | Not reported |
| Construct validity | Strategic Problem-Solving Inventory, r=.21; Metacomprehension Strategies Index, r=.23; Index of Reading Awareness, r=..28; Teacher ratings of metacognition, r=.09 |
| Concurrent validity | Not reported |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Sperling, R. A., Howard, B. C., Miller, L. A., & Murphy, C. (2002). Measures of children's knowledge and regulation of cognition. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 27, 51-79. doi: 10.1006/ceps.2001.1091 |