EXAMINING THE EFFECT OF METACOGNITIVE SKILLS ON PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS

Researchers suggested that students with good metacognitive skills will be able to learn effectively. Thus, promoting metacognitive development in the classroom will help students to become efficient learners. This paper is an attempt to examine the effect of metacognitive skills on performance of students in the classroom. Many researchers believe that metacognitive skills holds great deal of promise for helping students do better. Metacognition becomes essential when tasks are more challenging. Researchers found that metacognitive ability tends to associate positively with academic attainment of high school pupils. By practicing and applying metacognitive skills, students will become good readers, capable of handling any text across a curriculum. There is a lack of attention to this aspect by teachers in the classroom. Hence, the effort should be geared to encourage teachers to consider the 'metacognitive reflection' activities in the classroom. Keywords: Metacognitive skills, students' performance, Metacogntive