The effect of self-regulated education strategies on self-efficacy, test anxiety and achievement motivation of third grade female high school students in Mashhad

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of self-regulated education strategies on self-efficacy, test anxiety, and student achievement motivation. The research method was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest and control group. The statistical population of the study consisted of all third grade female students in the second semester of Mashhad in the first semester of the school year 2018-19, out of which 30 students were selected through multistage random sampling (inclusion and exclusion criteria). Subjects were selected and randomly assigned to two experimental (n = 15) and control (n = 15) groups. The experimental group received a self-regulated strategy training program in 8 sessions of 90 minutes per week as a group; the control group was on the waiting list for 2 months. The Schwarzer et al. (1979), Abolghasemi et al. (1996) test anxiety, and Hermans Progressive Motivation Questionnaire (1970) were used for data collection in both pre-test and post-test stages. Data were analyzed using univariate and multivariate analysis of covariance. The results of data analysis showed that there was a significant difference between control group post-test scores on self-regulation, social anxiety and achievement motivation (P <0.001). According to the results of the study, it can be said that self-regulation strategies have an impact on reducing test anxiety and increasing self-efficacy and progressive motivational factors including self-confidence, perseverance, diligence and future of female students.