Journal of Research Development in Nursing and Midwifery
Journal of Research Development in Nursing and Midwifery
J Res Dev Nurs Midw
Medical Sciences
http://nmj.goums.ac.ir
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admin
2588-3038
10.52547/jgbfnm
en
jalali
1395
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gregorian
2016
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online
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fa
Impact of Teaching Cognitive and Metacognitive Learning Strategies on Academic Achievement among Nursing Students
Original Article
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Background:</strong> Cognitive and metacognitive learning strategies are identified as important solutions for improving academic achievement. This study aimed toevaluate the effect of teaching cognitive and metacognitive learning strategies on academic achievement among nursing students.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Methods:</strong> This Study was an experimental with pretest and posttest and follow-updesign. The study population included all nursing students atIslamic Azad University of Pishva during 2013-14. Overall, 40 students were chosen byconvenience sampling technique and randomly divided into two groups (20 subjects in each group) of experimental and control. Students in the experimental group received 10 sessions of 70 minutes long (twice a week) training for cognitive and metacognitive strategies, while the control group received no training. All students completed a teacher-made academic achievement testat the pretest, posttest, and follow-up phases. Data were analyzed usingrepeated measures ANOVA technique.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Results:</strong> The mean value of the experimental group (16.67 ± 3.58) was higher than the control group (13.47 ± 2.37) at the posttest phase. Themean value of the experimental group (16.29 ± 3.74) was higher than the control group (12.93 ± 2.84) at the follow-up phase. In addition, there were significant differencesbetween mean valuesat the posttest and follow up phases and mean valueatthe pretest phase. However, there was no significant difference between the mean values of the posttest phase and the follow-up phase.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Conclusion:</strong> The results of this study indicate that teaching cognitive and metacognitive learning strategies improves academic achievement in students at posttest and follow-up phases. Thus, academic teachers may teach these useful strategies to the students to improve their academic achievement.</p>
Teaching, Cognitive and Metacognitive Strategies, Academic Achievement, Nursing Students
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Naser
Heidari
10031947532846004060
10031947532846004060
No
Sara
Haghighat
10031947532846004061
10031947532846004061
No
Meysam
Haji Mohammadi Arani
10031947532846004062
10031947532846004062
No
Fateme
Ghorbani
10031947532846004063
10031947532846004063
No
Jamal
Ashoori
Jamal_ashoori@yahoo.com
10031947532846004064
10031947532846004064
Yes