Adapted State Metacognitive Inventory

The State Metacognitive Inventory consists of 20 items that measure self-regulatory processes in high school and college aged students within academic settings. Question items are scored on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). The inventory is comprised of 4 subscales: Awareness, Cognitive strategy, Planning and Self-checking.

Content

Domains
Self Awareness,
Self Management,
Social Awareness,
Relationship Skills,
Responsible Decision Making
Subdomain

Self regulation, Cognitive Strategy, Planning, Self-checking

Grades
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade,
Post secondary
Respondent
Student

Administration Information

Length
20 items
Administration
Paper
Timed
No

Access and Use

Open Access
Yes
Use in Research

DeLuca V. W., & Lari, N. (2013). Developing students' metacognitive skills in a data-rich environment. Journal of STEM Education, 14(1), 45-55. https://www.jstem.org/jstem/index.php/JSTEM/article/view/1624

Hinojosa, L. M. M., Rodriguez M. C., & Paez, C. A. O. (2020). Measurement of metacognition: Adaptation of metacognitive state inventory in spanish to Mexican university students. European Journal of Educational Research, 9(1), 413-421. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1241205.pdf

Psychometrics

Scoring
Manual scoring
Item Type
Likert

Psychometric Considerations

Psychometrics is the science of psychological assessment. A primary goal of EdInstruments is to provide information on crucial psychometric topics including Validity and Reliability – essential concepts of evaluation, which indicate how well an instrument measures a construct - as well as additional properties that are worthy of consideration when selecting an instrument of measurement.

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