Towards a comprehensive framework of monitoring in young children
BORIS DOI
Subtitle
shedding light on the processes underlying monitoring
Abstract
Metacognitive monitoring is a fundamental milestone in a child’s developmental trajectory. Previous theoretical models of monitoring have predominantly been informed by classical methods such as behavioral measures and observations. Furthermore, to understand monitoring within a broader research context, too little attention has been paid to expand the definition of monitoring. Thus, the main goal of the present research is to propose a comprehensive framework for monitoring and the underlying processes. The foundation of the proposed framework emerges from the studies used in this umbrella paper and these findings are integrated with a theoretical background of processes underlying monitoring. While supporting children in their inhibition skills (study I) resulted in more accurate monitoring, allowing children to differentiate between answer alternatives (study II) negatively affected children’s monitoring accuracy. Results from study I indicate that inhibition might be an important underlying process of monitoring. The results from study II suggest that there might be additional processes influencing monitoring such as the high interrelation with memory. Within this dissertation combining the results from our studies expanding them with additional neuronal background of processes underlying monitoring contributes to a new framework of monitoring. Within this framework I propose the dynamic interplay of monitoring with memory and inhibition. This proposed framework might be a first step to better understand why young children often struggle to accurately monitor. More research is needed to shedding light on these dynamic relations between underlying processes and monitoring.
Date of Publication
2023
Year of graduation
2023
Theses Type
dissertation
Language(s)
en
Author(s)
Faculty/Graduate School
Institute
Access(Rights)
open.access
Primary OA Publication
true