Effectiveness of Teaching Cognitive and Metacognitive Strategies on Strengthen their, Student Self-Directed Learning Readiness and Self Efficacy

The aim of this research was to determine the effects of cognitive and metacognitive strategies training to strengthen their، self-directed learning readiness and self efficacy. In this quasi-experimental design with pretest - posttest control group was used. In this study، 50 midwifery students were selected، and randomly and equally divided into two groups The experimental group was attended in 8 sessions of cognitive and metacognitive strategies training and were evaluated by guglielmino self-directed learning questioner، schwarzer self efficacy questioner and Combined Inventory weienestein، palmer & pintrich. SPSS software was used for analyzing data''s. The statistical analyses were ANCOVA. Results of this research show that training of cognitive and metacognitive strategies Uses strategies strengthens، improved of self –directed learning and self efficacy. According to research findings indicate that learning strategies can be taught and learned and learning strategies can be effected on self-directed learning readiness and self efficacy therefore، teachers must trying for training these strategies to students and notice Students how to learn and improve skills.