Open AccessMetacognitive Training at Home: Does It Improve Older Adults’ Learning?
Author(s) -
Heather Bailey,
John Dunlosky,
Christopher Hertzog
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
gerontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.397
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1423-0003
pISSN - 0304-324X
DOI - 10.1159/000266030
Subject(s) - metacognition , session (web analytics) , psychology , test (biology) , intervention (counseling) , metamemory , cognition , computer science , psychiatry , paleontology , world wide web , biology
Previous research has described the success of an intervention aimed at improving older adults' ability to regulate their learning. This metacognitive approach involves teaching older adults to allocate their study time more efficiently by testing themselves and restudying items that are less well learned.
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