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V. Foreign Higher Education and Education Systems, International Relations, Bilateral Relations
B. Essays, Commentaries, Statements
Author BACKER, Liesje de (KEER, Hilde van; VALCKE, Martin)
Title Promoting university students* metacognitive regulation through peer learning : the potential of reciprocal peer tutoring / Liesje de Backer ; Hilde van Keer ; Martin Valcke
Publication year 2015
Source/Footnote In: Higher education. - 70 (2015) 3, S. 469 - 486
Inventory number 38747
Keywords Studentenschaft : Studienverhalten
Abstract Although successful learning in university education can be advanced by students? competence to self-regulate their learning, students often possess insufficient metacognitive regulation skills to regulate their learning adequately. The present study investigates changes in university students? adoption of metacognitive regulation after participating in reciprocal peer tutoring (RPT). A quasi-experimental pretest?posttest design was adopted, involving an experimental (n = 51) and two control groups; CG1 (n = 24) and CG2 (n = 22). Experimental students participated in a RPT intervention during a complete semester. Metacognitive regulation was assessed by means of think-aloud protocol analysis. Results indicate that RPT is promising to promote metacognitive regulation. Experimental students increasingly adopt monitoring, evaluation, and orientation and significantly evolve towards deep-level regulation from pretest to posttest. Except for an increased use of low-level comprehension monitoring, none of the evolutions in experimental students? regulation could be discerned for students in both control groups. (HRK / Abstract übernomen) de Backer, Liesje, E-Mail: liesje.debacker@ugent.be