Developing Measurement Model of Cognitive and Metacognitive Learning Strategies

In learning, many factors come into play, learning strategies is one of these factors.Therefore in order to develop the measurement model of the learning strategies of cognitive and metacognitive types, a correlation research using structural equation modeling was conducted. Via clustered sampling 368 participants of all the students studying in the first grade of high school in Hamedan were selected. They answered Karami’s Learning Strategy Questionnaire (2005). Based on the data, first the parameters of the model were estimated via maximum likelihood. Then the measurement model of cognitive and metacognitive learning strategies was tested by goodness of fit indices. The data were analyzed by using LISREL software. The results showed that all the items of the questionnaire had significant coefficient effect on the cognitive and metacognitive learning strategies and the measurement model of cognitive and metacognitive learning strategies enjoyed acceptable fitness. There was also a significant internal correlation between cognitive and metacognitive strategies. Therefore, it can be concluded that the researchers can use the questionnaire of learning strategies to measure cognitive and metacognitive strategies.