The Effect of Teaching Learning Strategies in an English Lesson on Students’ Achievement, Attitudes, and Metacognitive Awareness

• Main Author: Gökhan Baş
• Format: Article
• Language: Turkish
• Published: Afyon Kocatepe University 2012-01-01
• Series: Kuramsal Eğitimbilim Dergisi
• Subjects: teaching learning strategies; teaching English; academic achievement; attitude toward lesson; metacognitive awareness
• Online Access: http://www.keg.aku.edu.tr/index.php?journal=anasayfa&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=130&path%5B%5D=85

The purpose of the study was to examine the effect of teaching learning strategies in an English lesson on students’ achievement, attitudes, and metacognitive awareness levels. The study was conducted in the 2010-2011 academic year in a primary school in Niğde. Students in those schools were taught learning strategies. Totally, 60 8th graders from two different classrooms participated in the study. The study had a pre-test – post-test control group design. Means and standard deviations were reported in the study. In order to test the significance, Mann-Whitney U tests were performed. Results showed a significant difference between attitude scores of both groups. It was also found out teaching learning strategies was more effective in enhancing students’ achievement, lifting their metacognitive awareness levels up, and making them develop more positive attitudes toward English lesson than teaching via students’ course books.