Metacognitive Awareness Inventory

The Metacognitive Awareness Inventory is an instrument designed to assess general self-regulated learning skills across the disciplines. Developed by Schraw and Dennison (1994), it has 52 items that are classified by type of cognitive knowledge: declarative (DK), procedural (PK), and conditional (CK); or by specific metacognitive process: planning (P), information management strategies (IMS), monitoring (M), debugging strategies (DS), and evaluation (E).

Here is a scoring guide for the MAI also available at the Hartford Community College website.

Additional resources:

• Nilson, Linda B. (2014, June 16). "The Secret of Self-Regulated Learning." Faculty Focus. Magna Publications.
• Nilson, Linda B. (2013). Creating Self-Regulated Learners: Strategies to Strengthen Students' Self-Awareness and Learning Skills. Sterling, VA: Stylus.
• Schraw, Gregory and Dennison, Rayne Sperling (1994) "Assessing Metacognitive Awareness," Contemporary Educational Psychology, 19(4), 460-475.
• First Day of Class Activity: The Interest Inventory