Cognition, Metacognition and Academic Performance

Michael C. W. Yip is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the Education University of Hong Kong. His research interests include Cognitive Sciences, Educational Psychology and Experimental Psycholinguistics.

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Preface

Chapter 1: Cognition, metacognition and academic performance: What are the differences between east asian and western?

Part I – Cognition, metacognition and academic performance in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan
Chapter 2: Relations of metacognitive and motivational strategies to test and homework performance in Chinese students
Chapter 3: English language learners in chinese high schools: Self-efficacy profiles
Chapter 4: Academic achievement of Hong Kong chinese students: Motivational perspective
Chapter 5: Development of metacognition and its relationship to academic performance and learning experience in east asian students studying in Hong Kong
Chapter 6: Cognition strategies, metacognition strategies and academic performance in Taiwan

Part II – Cognition, metacognition and academic performance in Japan, Singapore and South Korea
Chapter 7: Situating metacognition in context: importance of others and affect in metacognitive interventions
Chapter 8: Strategies for achieving deep understanding and improving learning skills: New approaches to instruction and lesson study in japanese schools
Chapter 9: Academic help seeking, implicit beliefs of ability and achievement of Singapore students
Chapter 10: Cultural reading on korean students’ learning strategies

Index