Validity evidence of the junior metacognitive awareness inventory (icm jr) for use in Brazil

Abstract

The aim of the current research was to translate, to adapt and to validate the Metacognitive Consciousness Inventory (ICM-Jr). by Sperling. Howard. Miller, and Murphy (2002), for its use in Brazil. 698 students enrolled in middle and high school levels, in the cities of Juazeiro-BA and Petrolina-PE. composed the samples of two studies. In the first study, validity evidences of the translated and adapted version of that instrument were found, suggesting its adequacy for evaluation of metacognition in Brazilian adolescents. Analyzes regarding the dimensionality of the scale corroborated the two-factor model of Sperling et al. (2002). composed by the factors "Knowledge of cognition" and "Regulation of cognition". Finally. 15-to 16-year-old in High School scored higher than those in the Middle School. The results are discussed in the light of recent studies on metacognition and considering the socio-educational reality where the research took place.