A STUDY OF METACOGNITIVE ABILITY OF COMMERCE STUDENTS IN RELATION TO ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

The explosion of knowledge in science and technology has influenced every area of life, including business and commerce. The increasing complexities of commerce organizations in the present world make it obligatory for students to be more practical, creative and active learner. Learning commerce needs deeper, more durable and more transferable thinking. There are various processes which leads to the construction of knowledge like experiential learning, situated learning and metacognition learning.In this regard, the present study was undertaken to study metacognitive ability of +1 commerce students in relation to academic achievement. A sample of 200 studentswas selected from +1 commerce grade from different schools of Amritsar district. The data was collected by using PunitaGovil's metacognitive ability inventory. The results were used to suggest ways for improving academic achievement by using metacognitive ability.