Graduation Research in the Center for Meta-Learning
The Center for Meta-Learning (aka CML) promotes, supports and informs the education environment at FUN, encouraging learning of students, staff and community by nurturing an awareness of personal transformative experiences. The Center for Meta-learning is a collection of integrated educational research projects and pragmatic activities at FUN coordinated by knowledgeable practitioners. To encourage our students in becoming more independent as learners, the Center for Meta-Learning is promoting the adoption of meta-learning: meta-learning is an autonomous process of objective thinking about one’s own performance, applying learning strategies to maximize opportunities to learn, and developing an awareness of one’s transformation. Meta-learning motivates people to consider: What I learn; How I learn; Why I learn. (https://www.fun.ac.jp/en/cml)
I can supervise graduation research in areas that explore how individual differences in cognition, personality, and metacognitive strategies influence performance across various contexts. One major area focuses on academic achievement—specifically how executive functioning (such as working memory, cognitive flexibility, and inhibitory control), personality traits, prior knowledge, and self-regulation relate to learning outcomes. Another area examines how personality and cognitive traits shape musical preferences and how different types of music impact performance in both cognitive and physical tasks. These topics are grounded in empirical research and supported by advanced quantitative methods including regression analysis, factor analysis, path analysis, and structural equation modeling (SEM). Students interested in evidence-based, interdisciplinary research—especially in educational psychology, cognitive science, or applied individual differences—are welcome to inquire. Supervision is offered in both English and Japanese, and individual interviews will help align research interests with project feasibility.
