Metacognitive Engagement in Activity, MAI Test - the question form

1. I periodically ask myself whether I am achieving my life goals.

2. I consider several alternative solutions to a problem before choosing a final one.

3. When solving problems, I try to use strategies and methods that have worked for me in the past.

4. I choose a pace for solving a problem that allows me enough time.

5. I am aware of my intellectual strengths and limitations.

6. I think about what information I will need before I begin a task.

7. I can judge how well I have done a task once it is completed.

8. Before I begin a task, I clearly define its goal.

9. I slow down when I encounter information that is important to me.

10. I know what information is especially important in my work.

11. When working on a problem, I sometimes ask myself whether I have considered all possible ways to solve it.

12. I am able to organize information well.

13. I consciously focus on information that is important to me.

14. I know exactly why I use different problem-solving strategies.

15. I learn better when I know something about the topic.

16. I know what my supervisor expects of me.

17. I remember new information well.

18. I use different strategies depending on the situation.

19. After I complete a task, I ask myself whether there was an easier way to do it.

20. I am able to control the quality of the decisions I make.

21. From time to time, I reflect on the past, which helps me better understand relationships that are important to me.

22. I ask myself how good the decision is before I begin to carry it out.

23. I consider several ways to solve a problem and choose the best one.

24. After I finish my work (complete a task), I summarize what I have done.

25. When I cannot understand something, I ask other people for help.

26. I can motivate myself to study when I need to.

27. I am aware of which strategies I use when making decisions.

28. When making an important decision, I tend to evaluate how effective the strategies I use are.

29. I use my intellectual strengths to compensate for my weaknesses.

30. I focus on the meaning and practical value of new information.

31. I create my own examples to help me understand the information better.

32. I can accurately judge how competent I am in a particular area.

33. I automatically use effective problem-solving strategies.

34. When learning something new, I occasionally pause and ask myself how well I understand the material.

35. I know when each of the strategies I use will be most effective.

36. After finishing a task, I ask myself whether I have achieved all of my goals.

37. I make drawings and diagrams that help me better understand the problem I am working on.

38. After solving a problem, I ask myself whether I considered other possible ways to solve it.

39. I try to translate new information into a form that I can understand.

40. When I do not understand something, I change the way I work with the information.

41. When solving production-related problems, I rely on my organization's structure.

42. I carefully read the instructions before I begin a task.

43. When I read about something new, I relate it to what I already know about that topic.

44. I reconsider my assumptions when I have difficulty solving a problem.

45. I organize my time to achieve my goals as effectively as possible.

46. I learn better when I am interested in the topic.

47. I try to break my work into a number of smaller tasks.

48. I focus more on the overall meaning of my work than on its details.

49. I tend to ask myself how well I am progressing when I am learning something new.

50. After solving a problem, I ask myself whether I learned anything useful from the process.

51. If new information is not clear to me, I tend to go back to it to think it through again.

52. When reading a new text, I reread paragraphs that are difficult for me to understand several times.