Metacognitive components as predictors
of preschool children’s performance
in problem-solving tasks Cover Image

Метакогнитивне компоненте као предиктори постигнућа предшколске деце у задацима решавања проблема
Metacognitive components as predictors of preschool children’s performance in problem-solving tasks

Author(s): Mia R. Marić, Marija D. Sakač
Subject(s): Cognitive Psychology
Published by: Društvo psihologa Srbije
Keywords: metacognition; cognitive monitoring; problem solving; preschoolers;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the study was to examine the relation between metacognitive components,declarative and procedural metacognitive knowledge and cognitive regulation, and preschoolchildren’s performance in different problem solving tasks – hidden pictures, classifying andsorting, the same and the different, estimation, patterns, dot-to-dot, mazes and memory tasks.The sample consisted of 347 preschool children aged 3–6. The results showed that childrenwith highly developed metacognitive abilities, declarative and procedural metacognitiveknowledge, cognitive monitoring and self-regulation of cognitive strategies, were moresuccessful and efficient in resolving problem tasks. This relation was stronger in olderchildren and in more complex tasks.

  • Issue Year: 51/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 1-16
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English, Serbian