“Metacognición como variable asociada a estilos de aprendizaje en estudiantes universitarios de la facultad de ciencias de la salud de la universidad tecnica de ambato”

Abstract

Metacognition as cognition knowledge and regulation of cognition and Learning Styles as the chosen way to learn. The present study was carried out with the objective of determining the association that exists between the variables Metacognition and Learning Styles in university students belonging to the Faculty of Health Sciences of the Technical University of Ambato in Tungurahua, this institution which is constantly under improvement in the learning regimes of their students. Methodology: is a cross-sectional correlational study that shows 464 university students of which 357 (77%) are women and 107 (29%), this population is within the age group of 19 to 29 years with an average age of 21.7%. The research was conducted in the Faculty of Health Sciences where Nursing had 91 students, Early Stimulation 45 students, Clinical Laboratory 79 students, Clinical Psychology 63 students, Physical Therapy 73 students and Medicine 113 students. The sample was evaluated with the Inventory of Metacognitive Skills (MAI) and with the Learning Styles Questionnaire of Honey and Alonzo. Results: of the 464 university students a positive correlation was obtained between Metacognition and the Reflective, Theoretical and Pragmatic Styles with a bilateral significance of 0.000 in all three. In the Active Style it was not correlated due to a bilateral significance of 0.477.