The development of metacognitive causal explanations

• Published in: Learning and individual differences Vol. 13; no. 3; pp. 227 - 238
• Main Authors: Alexander, Joyce M, Fabricius, William V, Fleming, Victoria Manion, Zwahr, Melissa, Brown, Shannon A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 2003
• Subjects: Development; Intelligence; Metacognitive causal explanation; Intelligence; Development; Metacognitive causal explanation

Metacognitive causal explanations reflect a child's understanding about how or why a strategy works. Two studies examined the growth of metacognitive causal explanations over time. Study 1 found an increase in the sophistication of early elementary school children's causal explanations ove...