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Measurement of metacomponential processing in young children
Author(s) -
Clements Douglas H.,
Nastasi Bonnie K.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(198710)24:4<315::aid-pits2310240403>3.0.co;2-v
Subject(s) - psychology , observational study , test validity , construct validity , cognition , psychometrics , reliability (semiconductor) , construct (python library) , developmental psychology , intellectual development , intellectual ability , medicine , power (physics) , physics , pathology , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , computer science , programming language
The purpose of this study was to provide initial information regarding: (a) the applicability of Sternberg's componential theory of intellectual functioning to young children's thinking, and (b) the validity of an observational approach to the measurement of metacomponential processing. Results indicated that both reliability and construct validity of the observational instrument were acceptable. The results also provided support for Sternberg's theory as applied to young children's cognition and suggested separable phases of componential processing.