The study of the effect of teaching methods on high school students metacognitive from teachers’ perspective

Subject Areas : Educational Science

vahid falah ¹

1 - عضو هیأت علمی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد ساری

Received: 2016-01-01 Accepted : 2016-01-01 Published : 2008-07-22

Keywords: Cognition, Teaching methods, metacagnition, lecturing method, problem- soloing, group discussion, question and answering,

Abstract :

Throughout history, the accumulation of information by student, has been seen as a basic principle in education. As a result, what distinguishes students is the degree of their ability to retain information in their minds, lending to put an emphasis on memory. In 1800s, this theory was doubted. However, it still overshadows education environments. New methodology has paved the way for changing the nature of education. Educating children through problem solving and experiments has led to a change in learners’ behavior. The present research studies different types of teaching (lecturing, question and answering, problem solving, and group discussion), and their effect on learners metacognitive. The objectives of the research are to investigate the effect of each method on learners metacognitive , and to provide authorities some suggestions and solutions to improve education. Research questions are: 1.Does lecturing method have an effect on students metucognitive? 2.Does problem-solving method have an effect on students metacognilive? 3.Does question–answer method have an effect on learners metucognitive? 4.Does group-discussion method have an effect on learners metucognitive? 5.Is there any difference in the effects of these methods? Statistical population were all the teachers, men and women, who taught at high schools for females in Behshahr. Data collection instrument was a researcher – mnde questionnaire with a reliability of 0.82 obtained using Cronbachs coefficient. The statistical method used was descriptive and inferential (one variable t-test, ANOVA). The results showed that teaching through lecturing has no effect on students metacognition . Teaching through problem–solving has an effect on students metacognition . group discussion and question answer methods have an effect on students metacognition . Finally, the effectiveness of each method on metacognition is different.