Strategy regulation: The role of intelligence, metacognitive attributions, and knowledge base.

This study investigated the influence of intelligence, metacognitive attributions, and knowledge base on strategy regulation during a sort-recall task in 1st- and 2nd-grade children. Children were classified into 4 types of metacognitive attributions (W. V. Fabricius & J. W. Hagen, 1984). Use of the category-sorting strategy with high and low knowledge base stimuli was then examined, and intelligence measures were collected. Results suggested that knowledge base was a powerful predictor of strategic-looking behavior whereas metacognitive attributions' influence was most evident in the low knowledge base condition. Intelligence played little role in predicting strategy use when other factors were taken into account