Cognition, Metacognition and Academic Performance

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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