Research Collaborations

These are the ongoing research projects of the International Group on Metacognition. Each one lists the group team carrying it out and the guest researchers collaborating from other institutions.

Project 1

Multicultural intervention in metacognitive monitoring through learning strategies for students from different Spanish-speaking countries

International coordination

  • Dr. Mauricio Molina Universidad de Costa Rica
  • Dr. Antonio P. Gutierrez de Blume Georgia Southern University, United States
  • Dr. Diana Marcela Montoya Universidad de Caldas · Universidad de Manizales, Colombia

International research team

  • Dr. Sebastián Urquijo and Dr. María Florencia Giuliani Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Argentina
  • Dr. Ariel Cuadro Universidad Católica del Uruguay
  • Dr. Olivia Morán Núñez Universidad de Panamá
  • Dr. Claudia García de la Cadena and Ramón Zamora Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
  • Dr. Walter Arias Universidad Católica San Pablo, Peru
  • Dr. María Beatriz Beltrán Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico
  • Dr. Jesús María Alvarado Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

Costa Rica research team

  • Dr. María Alexandra Ulate Curriculum Director, Ministry of Public Education of Costa Rica
  • Dr. Eugenia Gallardo School of Statistics, Universidad de Costa Rica
  • Ricardo Gang, MSc, PhD candidate School of Computer Science and Informatics, Universidad de Costa Rica
  • Diana Chacón, master’s candidate School of Mathematics, Universidad de Costa Rica
  • Dr. Jorge Morales Atlantic Campus, Universidad de Costa Rica

Project 2

Effect of an intervention program on the development of executive functions and metacognition in a sample of children from public and private schools in Manizales, Colombia

GIM team

  • Dr. Antonio P. Gutierrez de Blume Georgia Southern University, United States
  • Dr. Diana Marcela Montoya Universidad de Caldas · Universidad de Manizales

Guest researchers

  • Dr. María Eugenia García Principal, Colegio Latinoamericano Cultural Andino, Manizales
  • Sister Inés de Jesús Torres, O.P. Principal, Colegio de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Manizales

Project 3

Association between metacognitive awareness and parenting style in school-age children: the case of Colombia and Uruguay

GIM team

  • Dr. Lilián Daset Universidad Católica del Uruguay
  • Dr. Ariel Cuadro Universidad Católica del Uruguay
  • Dr. Antonio P. Gutierrez de Blume Georgia Southern University, United States
  • Dr. Diana Marcela Montoya Universidad de Caldas · Universidad de Manizales

Guest researcher

  • Dr. María Luisa Blanco Universidad Católica del Uruguay

Project 4

Metacognitive awareness in undergraduate students: differences between students admitted through regular admission and students admitted through credit recognition from technical and technological programs

GIM team

  • Dr. Antonio P. Gutierrez de Blume Georgia Southern University, United States
  • Dr. Diana Marcela Montoya Universidad de Caldas · Universidad de Manizales

Guest researcher

  • Dr. Santiago Murillo Universidad Autónoma de Manizales · Universidad de Caldas

Project 5

Association between metacognitive awareness and personality in a sample of teachers from different subject domains in Manizales, Colombia

GIM team

  • Dr. Antonio P. Gutierrez de Blume Georgia Southern University, United States
  • Dr. Diana Marcela Montoya Universidad de Caldas · Universidad de Manizales

Guest researchers

  • Daniela León Universidad de Manizales
  • Yamilhet Andrade Arango Universidad de Manizales

Project 6

Correlation between personality factors and metacognitive performance: a comparison of undergraduate students from Peru and Colombia

GIM team

  • Dr. Walter Arias Universidad Católica San Pablo, Peru
  • Dr. Antonio P. Gutierrez de Blume Georgia Southern University, United States
  • Dr. Diana Marcela Montoya Universidad de Caldas · Universidad de Manizales

Project 7

Association between personality factors and metacognitive performance: cultural differences across countries. The case of Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, and Uruguay

GIM team

  • Dr. Sebastián Urquijo and Dr. María Florencia Giuliani Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Argentina
  • Dr. Mauricio Molina Delgado Universidad de Costa Rica
  • Dr. Olivia Morán Universidad de Panamá
  • Dr. Lilián Daset Universidad Católica del Uruguay
  • Dr. Ariel Cuadro Universidad Católica del Uruguay
  • Dr. Antonio P. Gutierrez de Blume Georgia Southern University, United States
  • Dr. Diana Marcela Montoya Universidad de Caldas · Universidad de Manizales

Project 8

Domain differences in cognitive performance: architecture, teacher education programs, nursing, medicine, food engineering, systems engineering, advertising, and psychology

GIM team

  • Dr. Antonio P. Gutierrez de Blume Georgia Southern University, United States
  • Dr. Diana Marcela Montoya Universidad de Caldas · Universidad de Manizales

Guest researchers

  • Johanna Echeverry Londoño Universidad Católica de Manizales
  • Ruby Elizabeth Vargas Toloza Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander, Cúcuta
  • Sonia Rocío de la Portilla Maya Universidad de Manizales
  • Dr. Ángela Ormaza Universidad de Caldas
  • Dr. Santiago Murillo Universidad Autónoma de Manizales · Universidad de Caldas
  • Helman Norbey Moreno Universidad Católica de Manizales

Project 9

Metacognitive monitoring in mathematics learning among primary school children in a Colombian municipality

GIM team

  • Dr. Antonio P. Gutierrez de Blume Georgia Southern University, United States
  • Dr. Diana Marcela Montoya Universidad de Caldas · Universidad de Manizales

Guest researcher

  • Andrea Milena Osorio Cárdenas

See the group’s recent collaborative publications