Measuring Reliability of Metacognitive Strategies in Reading Comprehension Questionnaire: A Pilot Study on First Year Engineering Students in Pakistan

Authors

  • Mansoor Ahmed Channa
  • Zaimuariffudin Shukri Nordin

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https://doi.org/10.33736/jcshd.194.2016

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the reliability (psychometric properties) of the metacognitive strategies questionnaire piloted on Pakistani engineering students of QUEST, Nawabshah. The questionnaire had four parts including demographic, reading comprehension, metacognition, and scaffolding having 53 questions that were tested on 37 first year engineering students. The Cronbach’s Alpha reliability was measured through SPSS 17. The results showed that the Cronbach’s Alpha reliability concerning reading comprehension ranged from .826-.842, metacognitive strategies ranged from.830-.839, and the reliability of scaffolding ranged from .829-.837. Therefore, the results from the pilot study showed that the questionnaire needed to be used without any modification in the actual study.

Keywords: metacognition; cognition; thought processes; meta-comprehension

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2016-03-01

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Ahmed Channa, M., & Shukri Nordin, Z. (2016). Measuring Reliability of Metacognitive Strategies in Reading Comprehension Questionnaire: A Pilot Study on First Year Engineering Students in Pakistan. Journal of Cognitive Sciences and Human Development, 1(2), 11–19. https://doi.org/10.33736/jcshd.194.2016

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