This research is aimed to analyze the effect of young children-directed questions and
teacher-directed questions on metacognition of young children, and the following research questions
were set.
First, What's the effect of young children-directed questions and teacher-directed questions on
metacognition of young children?
Second, What's the effect of young children-directed questions and teacher-directed questions on
prediction and evaluation in the field special metacognition?
To achieve the above research purposes, 5-year-old 39 boys and 36 girls, all 75 children were
tested and experimental tools were young children-directed question program and teacher-directed
question using stories. Measuring tools were metacognition test.
The main conclusion of this research is as following.
First, Regardless of young children-directed group, teacher-directed group or the control group,
young children have no difference in the field independent metacognition or in the field special
metacognition. Before reading the stories, there wasn't much difference in the field independent
metacognition or in the field special metacognition, after reading, regardless of young
children-directed group, teacher-directed group or the control group, the field special metacognition
has more improved than the field independent meta cognition.
Second, the field special metacognition had no difference in the effect of prediction and evaluation
among young children-directed question group, teacher-directed question group, control group.