Correlational Study on the Relationship Between Students’ Metacognition Development and Students’ Learning Result

Abstract

Metacognition can help students improve the competencies needed for them to develop high order thinking skill, which will help in the global competition. However, students’ metacognitive skill has yet to receive serious attention from teachers. This study aims to find out the correlation between developing students’ metacognition and their learning results in Math, Reading, and Science. The method used was the quantitative method with correlational analysis using secondary data from 2018 PISA result consisting of questionnaire and scores in Math, Reading, and Science test. The total samples of students were 11.986 students. The hypothesis was tested and analyzed using non-parametric method, through Spearman rank correlation. The result showed that there was a positive and significant correlation between developing students’ metacognition and the learning result in the subjects of Math, Science, and Reading. However, it was a weak correlation. This was partly due to many Indonesian students thinking that intelligence was something that could not be changed, so they felt less motivated to improve their intelligence.