The Effectiveness of Cognitive and Metacognitive Learning Strategies Training on procrastination and academic self-efficacy of medical students

Students face many obstacles during their studies, which can lead to procrastination and overshadow their academic self-efficacy. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of cognitive and metacognitive learning strategies training on procrastination and academic self-efficacy of medical students.

The research method was Semi-experimental and pre-test-post-test with control group. To do this research, 40 students were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. For data collection in pre-test and post-test, the Educational Procrastination Scale and Educational Self-Esteem Questionnaire were used. For the experimental group, the cognitive and metacognitive learning strategies training program was applied in a grouped manner for 10 sessions. Collected data were analyzed by SPSS-23 software using covariance analysis.

The findings showed that the research hypotheses based on cognitive and metacognitive learning strategies training on procrastination and academic self-efficacy of students of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences have been confirmed. Students in the experimental group have significantly less academic procrastination and more academic self-efficacy.

Therefore, it can be concluded that teaching cognitive and meta-cognitive learning strategies is effective on reducing academic procrastination and increasing academic self-efficacy in medical students.