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Version 1.3 – Updated November 2024

Self monitoring

Overview

  • Influence: Self monitoring
  • Domain: Student Learning Strategies
  • Sub-Domain: Meta-cognitive/self-regulated learning
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to accelerate
  • Influence Definition: When students monitor and evaluate their progress and performance relative to success criteria or standards.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 4
  • Number of studies: 235
  • Number of students: 6,176
  • Number of effects: 312
  • Weighted mean effect size: 0.49
  • Robustness index: 3

Meta-Analyses

Meta-Analyses
Journal Title Author First Author's Country Article Name Year Published Variable Number of Studies Number of Students Number of Effects Effect Size
Nature: Science of Learning Hattie & Donoghue Australia Learning strategies: A synthesis and conceptual model 2016 Self monitoring 154 0 154 0.45
International Journal of Educational Research Guo USA The effects of self-monitoring on strategy use and academic performance: A meta-analysis.  2022 Self monitoring 30 2,617 30 0.47
School Psychology Guzman, Goldberg, Swanson USA A meta-analysis of self-monitoring on reading performance of K–12 students 2018 Self-monitoring on reading 19 67 19 0.95
Educational Psychology Review Dignath, van Ewijk, Perels, and Fabriz Germany Let learners monitor the learning content and their learning behavior! A meta-analysis on the effectiveness of tools to foster monitoring. 2023 Self monitoring 32 3,492 109 0.42
TOTAL/AVERAGE 235 6,176 312 0.57
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