Teng Mark Feng, Qin Chenghai, Wang Chuang
Faculty of Education, University of Macau, Macau, China.
School of Foreign Languages, Hainan University, Haikou, China.
Metacogn Learn. 2022;17(1):167-190. doi: 10.1007/s11409-021-09278-4. Epub 2021 Sep 14.
This empirical study serves two purposes. The first purpose is to validate a newly developed instrument, the Metacognitive Academic Writing Strategies Questionnaire (MAWSQ), which represents the multifaceted structure of metacognition in an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) academic writing setting. The second purpose is to delineate the predictive effects of different metacognitive strategies on EFL academic writing performance. Data were collected from 664 students at a university in mainland China. Confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) provided evidence for the fit for two hypothesized models, i.e., an eight-factor correlated model and a one-factor second-order model. Model comparisons documented that the one-factor second-order model was a better model, through which metacognition functions as a higher order construct that can account for the correlations of the eight metacognitive strategies, pertaining to declarative knowledge, procedural knowledge, conditional knowledge, planning, monitoring, evaluating, information management, and debugging strategies. Results also provided evidence for the significant predicting effects of the eight strategies on EFL academic writing performance. The empirical evidence supports the transfer of metacognition theory from educational psychology to interpreting EFL academic writing.
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11409-021-09278-4.
本实证研究有两个目的。第一个目的是验证一种新开发的工具——元认知学术写作策略问卷（MAWSQ），该问卷代表了外语（EFL）学术写作环境中元认知的多方面结构。第二个目的是描绘不同元认知策略对EFL学术写作表现的预测作用。数据收集自中国大陆一所大学的664名学生。验证性因素分析（CFA）为两个假设模型的拟合提供了证据，即一个八因素相关模型和一个单因素二阶模型。模型比较表明单因素二阶模型是更好的模型，通过该模型，元认知作为一个高阶结构发挥作用，能够解释与陈述性知识、程序性知识、条件性知识、计划、监控、评估、信息管理和调试策略相关的八种元认知策略之间的相关性。结果还为这八种策略对EFL学术写作表现的显著预测作用提供了证据。实证证据支持将元认知理论从教育心理学转移到解释EFL学术写作中。
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