Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences

Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences

Development and testing of academic welfare model based on cognitive and metacognitive strategies with the mediating role of academic engagement and the effectiveness of the model on students' self-directed learning

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Akbar Mohammadi 1
Shima Parandin 2
Maryam Akbari 3
Yahya Yarahmadi 3
1 Ph.D Student, Department of Psychology, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, West Islamabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, West Islamabad, Iran (Corresponding Author)
3 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran
10.22038/mjms.2022.66321.3910
Abstract
The present study aimed to develop a structural model of Academic Well-being based on the Cognitive and Metacognitive Strategies by mediating academic engagement and examining the effectiveness of the model on students' Self-directed learning. In the first stage, using a descriptive-correlational research method, 350 male and female students from the second-cycle secondary schools in the city of Kermanshah were selected by stratified random sampling method. They responded to Peterinen etal Academic Well-being, Karami Cognitive and Metacognitive Strategies and Reeve academic engagement questionnaires. The results of the structural equation analysis showed that the Variables of cognitive and metacognitive strategies have a direct and positive effect on academic engagement؛ Also, Variables of academic engagement and cognitive strategies have a direct and positive effect on academic well-being. But Metacognitive strategies variable has a direct and negative effect on academic well-being. Also, the findings show that cognitive and metacognitive strategies have indirect and positive effects on academic well-being through academic engagement. In the second stage, using a quasi-experimental research technique, 30 students were selected through a randomized cluster sampling method. Fisher etal.'s Self-directed learning questionnaires were used to measure student’s Self-directed learning. Then the educational program was implemented. The results showed that the assumed model has a positive effect on all components of self-directed learning.
Keywords
Academic Well-being
Cognitive and Metacognitive Strategies
academic engagement
Self-directed learning
Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences
Volume 65, Issue 2
May and June 2022
Pages 1018-1041