Students' Verbalized Metacognition during Computerized Learning

Abstract

Students in computerized learning environments often direct their own learning processes, which requires metacognitive awareness of what should be learned next. We investigated a novel method of measuring verbalized metacognition by applying natural language processing (NLP) to transcripts of interviews conducted in a classroom with 99 middle school students who were using a computerized learning environment. We iteratively adapted the NLP method for the linguistic characteristics of these interviews, then applied it to study three research questions regarding the relationships between verbalized metacognition and measures of 1) learning, 2) confusion, and 3) metacognitive problem-solving strategies. Verbalized metacognition was not directly related to learning, but was related to confusion and metacognitive problem-solving strategies. Results also suggested that interviews themselves may improve learning by encouraging metacognition. We discuss implications for designing computerized environments that support self-regulated learning through metacognition.

Authors
Nigel Bosch
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States
Yingbin Zhang
University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States
Luc Paquette
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States
Ryan Baker
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Jaclyn Ocumpaugh
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Gautam Biswas
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
DOI

10.1145/3411764.3445809

Paper URL

https://doi.org/10.1145/3411764.3445809

Video

Conference: CHI 2021

The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (https://chi2021.acm.org/)

Session: Systems for Learning

[A] Paper Room 11, 2021-05-12 17:00:00~2021-05-12 19:00:00 / [B] Paper Room 11, 2021-05-13 01:00:00~2021-05-13 03:00:00 / [C] Paper Room 11, 2021-05-13 09:00:00~2021-05-13 11:00:00
Paper Room 11
11 items in this session
2021-05-12 08:00:00
2021-05-12 10:00:00
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