Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Nahid Mohammadi Darvish Baqal ¹
• Hamidreza Hatami ²
• Hassan Asadzadeh ³
• Hassan Ahadi ⁴

¹ PhD Candidate at the Islamic Azad University; Tehran Science and Research Branch; email: mohammadi_ravan@yahoo.com

² Assistant Professor at Imam Hossein University

³ . Associate Professor at Allameh Tabataba’i University

⁴ Professor at Allameh Tabataba’i University

Abstract

The present study aims to promote the students’ motivational beliefs with an emphasis on the role of self-regulation strategies. The type of research was quasi-experimental. 56 subjects were selected from among the female first-grade high school students in Islamshahr and were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. Both groups completed questionnaires of self-efficiency, test anxiety, and educational motivation. Then, the experimental group was given ten sessions of teaching self-regulation strategies, but the control group was not. At the end, post-tests were administrated to both groups. The results showed that teaching self-regulation strategies led to increase in internal motivation and self-efficacy as well as decrease in test anxiety.

Keywords

• : Self-Regulation
• self-efficacy
• Internal Motivation
• Test anxiety