Metacognitive knowledge and narrative text comprehension

This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of a metacognitive training program on the acquisition and development of narrative text comprehension skills in year-one primary-school children. Two experiments were carried out. The experimental groups followed a metacognitive training program focusing on narrative text comprehension and were tested for comprehension and re-production abilities at the end of the program. The results seem to confirm that metacognitive methods are a powerful spur to the acquisition of learning abilities.