The Effect of Teaching Time Management on Self-Directed Learning in the first grade of second cycle of secondary school girl’s students

Subject Areas : Research in Curriculum Planning

فریبا  کریمی ¹ (استادیار دانشکده علوم تربیتی، واحد خوراسگان (اصفهان)، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، اصفهان، ایران)
زهرا  دلاور ² (کارشناس ارشد مدیریت آموزشی، واحد اصفهان (خوراسگان)، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، اصفهان، ایران)

Received: 2017-10-17 Accepted : 2017-10-17 Published : 2016-02-20

Keywords: motivation to learn, self-directed learning, Self-regulation learning, time management, Self-Management, Self-Control,

Abstract :

The present study was conducted to measure the effect of teaching Time Management on self-directed learning in the first-grade high school girl students. The research method was semi experimental and the research design was pretest-posttest with the control group. The used sampling method was randomized cluster. To this end, two classes, with 30 students each, were randomly selected as “Experimental” and “Control” from a girls’ high school in Falavargion region. The data collection instrument comprised a self-directed learning questionnaire (Fisher et al, 2001) which its face, content, and construct validities had been measured .the reliability of which, also, by means of Cronbach's Alpha, was calculated as 0.81. Both groups responded to the self-directed learning questionnaire as pretest. Then, Time Management was taught to the experimental group, in eight sessions of 1.5 hours each, over a one-month period. Next, both groups were administered a post-test. The data were analyzed using Analysis of Covariance. The findings indicated that the mean scores for self-directed learning and their elements (i.e. self-management, motivation to learn and self-control) increased in the experimental group on the post-test compared to those on the pre-test. Consequently, teaching Time Management improved self-directed learning and its elements.

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