MetacognitiveAwarenessInventory(MAI) MarkeachofthestatementsbelowTrueorFalseasappropriate. 1.IaskmyselfperiodicallyifIammeetingmygoals. 2.IconsiderseveralalternativestoaproblembeforeIanswer. 3.Itrytousestrategiesthathaveworkedinthepast. 4.Ipacemyselfwhilelearninginordertohaveenoughtime. 5.Iunderstandmyintellectualstrengthsandweaknesses. 6.IthinkaboutwhatIreallyneedtolearnbeforeIbeginatask 7.IknowhowwellIdidonceIfinishatest. 8.IsetspecificgoalsbeforeIbeginatask. 9.IslowdownwhenIencounterimportantinformation. 10.Iknowwhatkindofinformationismostimportanttolearn. 11.IaskmyselfifIhaveconsideredalloptionswhensolvingaproblem. 12.Iamgoodatorganizinginformation. 13.Iconsciouslyfocusmyattentiononimportantinformation.

n. 14.IhaveaspecificpurposeforeachstrategyIuse. 15.IlearnbestwhenIknowsomethingaboutthetopic. 16.Iknowwhattheteacherexpectsmetolearn. 17.Iamgoodatrememberinginformation. 18.Iusedifferentlearningstrategiesdependingonthesituation. 19.IaskmyselfiftherewasaneasierwaytodothingsafterIfinishatask. 20.IhavecontroloverhowwellIlearn. 21.Iperiodicallyreviewtohelpmeunderstandimportantrelationships. 22.IaskmyselfquestionsaboutthematerialbeforeIbegin. 23.Ithinkofseveralwaystosolveaproblemandchoosethebestone. 24.IsummarizewhatIvelearnedafterIfinish. 25.IaskothersforhelpwhenIdontunderstandsomething. 26.IcanmotivatemyselftolearnwhenIneedto 27.IamawareofwhatstrategiesIusewhenIstudy. 28.IfindmyselfanalyzingtheusefulnessofstrategieswhileIstudy. 29.Iusemyintellectualstrengthstocompensateformyweaknesses. 30.Ifocusonthemeaningandsignificanceofnewinformation. 31.Icreatemyownexamplestomakeinformationmoremeaningful.

32.IamagoodjudgeofhowwellIunderstandsomething. 33.Ifindmyselfusinghelpfullearningstrategiesautomatically. 34.Ifindmyselfpausingregularlytocheckmycomprehension. 35.IknowwheneachstrategyIusewillbemosteffective. 36.IaskmyselfhowwellIaccomplishmygoalsonceImfinished. 37.Idrawpicturesordiagramstohelpmeunderstandwhilelearning. 38.IaskmyselfifIhaveconsideredalloptionsafterIsolveaproblem. 39.Itrytotranslatenewinformationintomyownwords. 40.IchangestrategieswhenIfailtounderstand. 41.Iusetheorganizationalstructureofthetexttohelpmelearn. 42.IreadinstructionscarefullybeforeIbeginatask. 43.IaskmyselfifwhatImreadingisrelatedtowhatIalreadyknow. 44.IreevaluatemyassumptionswhenIgetconfused. 45.Iorganizemytimetobestaccomplishmygoals. 46.IlearnmorewhenIaminterestedinthetopic. 47.Itrytobreakstudyingdownintosmallersteps. 48.Ifocusonoverallmeaningratherthanspecifics. 49.IaskmyselfquestionsabouthowwellIamdoingwhileIamlearningsomethingnew. 50.IaskmyselfifIlearnedasmuchasIcouldhaveonceIfinishatask. 51.Istopandgobackovernewinformationthatisnotclear. 52.IstopandrereadwhenIgetconfused. Schraw,G.&Dennison,R.S.(1994).Assessingmetacognitiveawareness.Contemporary EducationalPsychology,19,460475.