Validation of Metacognitive Academic Writing Strategies and the Predictive Effects on Academic Writing Performance in a Foreign Language Context

Autor/inn/en	Teng, Mark Feng; Qin, Chenghai; Wang, Chuang
Titel	Validation of Metacognitive Academic Writing Strategies and the Predictive Effects on Academic Writing Performance in a Foreign Language Context
Quelle	In: Metacognition and Learning, 17 (2022) 1, S.167-190 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Teng, Mark Feng) ORCID (Qin, Chenghai) ORCID (Wang, Chuang)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1556-1623
DOI	10.1007/s11409-021-09278-4
Schlagwörter	Metacognition; Writing Strategies; Comparative Analysis; Academic Language; Correlation; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; English (Second Language); Measures (Individuals); Factor Analysis; Undergraduate Students; Student Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Educational Psychology; Prediction; Writing Skills; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Schreibtechnik; Academic; Language; Languages; Akademiker; Sprache; Wissenschaftssprache; Korrelation; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Messdaten; Faktorenanalyse; Schülerverhalten; Ausland; Erziehungspsychologie; Pädagogische Psychologie; Vorhersage; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit
Abstract	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. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01