The Comparison of Motivational Beliefs, Metacognitive Skills and Self-Regulation Learning between Gifted & Ordinary Students of the City of Isfahan

The present study aimed to compare the motivational beliefs, metacognitive skills and self-regulation learning between gifted and ordinary female students in third grade of the middle school in the city of Isfahan. Research method is causal-comparative. The population of the study was included all gifted and ordinary female students in third grade of Farzanegan Amin middle school in the city of Isfahan. The sample was included 60 gifted students who were randomly selected from a special school for gifted children and 60 ordinary students who were selected using multi-stage sampling from normal schools. Research’s instruments were the Demographic and the Motivational Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ). Data were analyzed by ANOVA. The results showed that there is a significant difference between the two groups in terms of motivational beliefs (p