The effectiveness of metacognitive strategies of SQP4R on metacognitive awareness in students

Many studies have been carried out on the positive impact of metacognitive strategies on improving the comprehension of students. But whether teaching metacognitive strategies is effective on metacognitive knowledge and awareness of distance education students is unknown. Aim of this study was to investigate the effects of Metacognitive Strategies of SQP4R (1387) on Metacognitive Awareness in students of Payame Noor University. The research design of the study was Pretest - Posttest Randomized Group Design. To accomplish the stated aims, 30 students (15 male, 15 female) from Payame Noor University were chosen by Multistage Cluster Sampling method in the city of Hamedan. The instrument used in this study included Metacognitive Awareness Reading Strategies Inventory (MARSI) Mokhtari, K. & Reichard, C.A. (2002). To analyze the data, multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) has been used. The results showed significant positive effectiveness of Metacognitive Strategies of SQP4R in increasing Metacognitive Awareness of the experiment group (p