Naslov
Supporting independent skill acquisition amongst children with special needs: Applying a metacognitive paradigm

Autori
Sangster Jokić, Claire

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Skup
22. godišnja konferencija Hrvatskih psihologa

Mjesto i datum
Rovinj, Hrvatska, 05.11.2014. - 08.11.2014

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Domaća recenzija

Ključne riječi
metacognition ; developmental coordination disorder ; self-regulated learning

Sažetak
For all children, successful participation in the everyday activities of childhood is essential for physical, cognitive, and socio-emotional development and well-being. While most children readily learn the skills necessary to independently engage in daily activities such as getting dressed, participating in sports and completing handwriting tasks, the acquisition of such skills is far more difficult for children experiencing physical, cognitive or behavioural difficulties secondary to conditions such as ADHD, developmental coordination disorder and learning difficulties. Using cognitive and learning theories, recent intervention approaches have focused on supporting the development of effective metacognitive skills, such as problem identification, strategy selection, and the monitoring and evaluation of one’s own learning, in order to enable the independent acquisition and performance of everyday tasks. This paper will describe the manner in which one such program, the Cognitive Orientation to Occupational Performance (CO-OP) (Polatajko & Mandich, 2004), enables independent task performance by teaching children to use a 4-step metacognitive strategy during skill acquisition. The results of empirical research examining the effect of this approach on metacognitive competence and on children's performance of everyday skills will also be reviewed. Implications for practice and directions for future research will be discussed.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija

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