The effectiveness of teaching cognitive-metacognitive strategies on the motivation to progress and academic vitality of students with learning disabilities

The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of teaching cognitive-metacognitive strategies on the motivation to progress and academic vitality of students with learning disabilities.

The research method was an experiment with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of the research includes all students with learning disabilities in the elementary school of Ardabil who were studying in the academic year 1401-1402. 40 students were selected by available sampling method and randomly replaced in two experimental and control groups. The research tools included Martin and Marsh Academic Vitality Questionnaire, Colorado Learning Difficulties Questionnaire, Hermans Achievement Motivation and Raven Intelligence Test. Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance test.

The findings of the research showed that the teaching of cognitive-metacognitive strategies is effective and has a direct and significant effect on the motivation of progress and academic vitality of students with learning disabilities (P<0.01). Based on the findings, it can be concluded that the training of cognitive and metacognitive strategies can help to improve the motivation of progress and academic vitality of students, which in itself leads to an increase in performance and academic progress of students.

According to these results, cognitive and metacognitive strategies should be used in educational environments in addition to other methods of increasing attention and improving executive functions in children with learning disabilities. Also, by teaching cognitive strategies to students, it is possible to increase their motivation to read.