Fazlolah Mirderikvand; Saeideh Sabzian; Hoshang Garavand
Volume 2, Issue 8 , May 2015, , Pages 7-16
Abstract
The purpose of this study was An investigation of the Effectiveness of metacognitive techniques training on girl students Self-efficacy in high schools of Isfahan city. Present study was performed by quasi-experimental method with pre-test - post-test and follow-up. The statistical population was all ...
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The purpose of this study was An investigation of the Effectiveness of metacognitive techniques training on girl students Self-efficacy in high schools of Isfahan city. Present study was performed by quasi-experimental method with pre-test - post-test and follow-up. The statistical population was all high school girl students in the school year 1391-1392 in Isfahan city that sample groups were randomly selected among them by cluster sampling method. measurement instruments in the study was demographic questionnaire and Sherer self-Efficacy Scale (SES) that performed after intervention the post – test, and follow up test was performed four months later. findings were analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistical test and software SPSS-20. The results of covariance analysis showed that presenting intervention based on metacognitive techniques training cause increasing 71/2% of self-efficacy in post-test step and increasing 70/6% of This feature in follow up step (P≤005). Based on findings of this study can conclude that presenting intervention based on metacognitive techniques was effective in increasing self-efficacy; thus this study suggested using metacognitive techniques in order to increasing self-efficacy in students.