دورية أكاديمية
The Development of Metacognitive Accuracy in Working Memory across Childhood
العنوان: | The Development of Metacognitive Accuracy in Working Memory across Childhood |
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اللغة: | English |
المؤلفون: | Forsberg, Alicia (ORCID |
المصدر: | Developmental Psychology. Aug 2021 57(8):1297-1317. |
الإتاحة: | American Psychological Association. Journals Department, 750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002. Tel: 800-374-2721; Tel: 202-336-5510; Fax: 202-336-5502; e-mail: order@apa.org; Web site: http://www.apa.org |
Peer Reviewed: | Y |
Page Count: | 21 |
تاريخ النشر: | 2021 |
Sponsoring Agency: | National Institutes of Health (DHHS) |
Contract Number: | R01HD021338 |
نوع الوثيقة: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
Education Level: | Early Childhood Education Elementary Education Grade 1 Primary Education Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Intermediate Grades Grade 5 Middle Schools Grade 6 Grade 7 Junior High Schools Secondary Education Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
Descriptors: | Metacognition, Short Term Memory, Accuracy, Children, Age Differences, Early Adolescents, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Adults, College Students, Parents, Predictor Variables, Cognitive Ability |
Assessment and Survey Identifiers: | Raven Progressive Matrices |
DOI: | 10.1037/dev0001213 |
تدمد: | 0012-1649 |
مستخلص: | Growth in working memory capacity, the number of items kept active in mind, is thought to be an important aspect of childhood cognitive development. Here, we focused on participants' awareness of the contents of their working memory, or "meta-working memory," which seems important because people can put cognitive abilities to best use only if they are aware of their limitations. In two experiments on the development of meta-working memory in children between 6 and 13 years old and adults, participants were to remember arrays of colored squares and to indicate if a probe item was in the array. On many trials, before the probe recognition test, they reported a metajudgment, how many items they thought they remembered. We compared meta-working memory judgments to actual performance and looked for associations between these measures on individual and trial-by-trial levels. Despite much lower working memory capacity in younger children there was little change in meta-working memory judgments across age groups. Consequently, younger participants were much less realistic in their metajudgments concerning their working memory capability. Higher cognitive capacity was associated with more accurate meta-working memory judgments within an age group. Trial-by-trial tuning of metajudgments was evident only in young adults and then only for small array set sizes. In sum, meta-working memory ability is a sophisticated skill that develops with age and may be an integral aspect of the development of working memory across the school years. |
Abstractor: | As Provided |
ملاحظات: | https://osf.io/82634/?view_only=0371237a29b941a5b8fb9225bfb750c8 |
Entry Date: | 2021 |
رقم الأكسشن: | EJ1311130 |
قاعدة البيانات: | ERIC |
تدمد: | 0012-1649 |
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DOI: | 10.1037/dev0001213 |