The relationship between cognitive strategies and academic achievement among high school students

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between cognitive strategies and academic achievement among high school students in the fields of humanities, science and math – physics from Shahrekord city in the school year 89-90. The research was correlational and the statistical population included all high school students from Shahrekord city, among them 222 students via cluster multistage random sampling were selected. They completed a Cognitive Learning Strategies Questionnaire was designed by combination of some questions fromWinestine & Palmer (2002) and Walters (2004) Questionnaires. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation and analysis of regression. The findings showed there is significant correlations between cognitive strategies and academic achievement in all fields (p