Table 5.
The Relationship Between Metacognitive Awareness Total Score and Participants’ Habits and Academic Results
| Variables | Total Metacognitive Awareness Score <0.8 | Total Metacognitive Awareness Score ≥ 0.8 | p |
|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 106) | (n = 96) | ||
| Habit in sports | |||
| Non | 65 (63.7%) | 37 (36.3%) | 0.001 |
| Yes | 41 (41.0%) | 59 (59.0%) | |
| Number of books reading in last three months (excluding medical books), mean (SD) | 2.4 (3.1) | 3.5 (4.0) | 0.048 |
| Type of interested books | |||
| Science books | 48 (50.0%) | 48 (50.0%) | 0.54 |
| Literature books | 57 (53.8%) | 48 (46.2%) | |
| The searching habit of academic documents on the internet | |||
| Non | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (100%) | 0.43 |
| Sometimes | 47 (55.9%) | 37 (44.1%) | |
| Usually | 59 (50.4%) | 58 (49.6%) | |
| The searching habit of academic documents in English | |||
| Non | 25 (75.8%) | 8 (24.2%) | 0.005 |
| Sometimes | 71 (50.4%) | 70 (49.6%) | |
| Usually | 10 (35.7%) | 18 (64.3%) | |
| Studying at library | |||
| Non | 32 (59.3%) | 22 (40.7%) | 0.33 |
| Sometimes | 65 (51.6%) | 61 (48.4%) | |
| Usually | 9 (40.9%) | 13 (59.1%) | |
| Total exam results of last semester; mean (SD) | 7.0 ± 0.8 | 7.4 ± 0.8 | 0.005 |
| The clinical exam result of last semester; mean (SD) | 7.1 ± 0.8 | 7.5 ± 0.8 | 0.016 |