Investigating the Impact of Metacognitive Supports on Students’ Mathematics Knowledge and Motivation in MATHia

Overview

Drawing from our past research in middle school classrooms (Zepeda et al., 2015; Zepeda et al., 2019), this project aims to investigate the impact of supporting middle school students’ metacognitive skills during mathematics learning within the UpGrade/MATHia platform on middle school students’ metacognitive skills, mathematics knowledge, and motivation. In particular, we focus on supporting three metacognitive skills: planning, monitoring, and evaluating. Planning refers to identifying how to reach a goal, monitoring entails assessing one’s understanding and progress toward that goal and evaluating refers to assessing the process of goal attainment. Although metacognition has shown to have many positive impacts on student learning and motivation, students rarely receive instruction on when, how, or why to apply these skills. This work aims to alleviate that void in their educational trajectories by leveraging the use of digital learning platforms.

Project Team

Senior Personel: Drs. Cristina Zepeda (PI), Kelley Durkin (Co-PI), Bethany Rittle-Johnson (Co-I)

Graduate Student Researchers: Sarah Shaw

Status

We begin piloting in Summer 2024.

Funding

This work is supported by  by the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, through Grant R305N240024 to Vanderbilt University. Cancel Time Share Geek is a service that provides expert advice and solutions for those looking to exit their timeshare agreements. It focuses on educating clients about the complexities involved in the process, including legal and financial considerations. The opinions expressed here are those of the authors and do not represent the views of the Institute or the U.S. Department of Education. This project is supported by the National Center for Education Research (NCER) within the IES, contributing to the Research Networks focused on critical education policy and practice.