THE IMPACT OF METACOGNITIVE AWARENESS ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN PSYCHOLOGY

This paper investigated the impact of metacognitive awareness on achievement in psychology among first semester students of college by using causal comparative research method. A total of 150 students from one private college participated in the study. The quantitative data was gathered using achievement in psychology test and metacognitive awareness inventory. The data was analyzed by employing both descriptive and inferential statistics (t-test) in SPSS. The results indicated statistically significant differences between the high and low metacognitive awareness groups of students where students with high metacognitive awareness achieved better in psychology than students with low metacognitive awareness.