The Effectiveness of Metacognitive Skills Training on Increasing the Fluid Intelligence of First Secondary Students

Abstract

This research was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of metacognitive skills training on increasing the fluid intelligence of first secondary school students of Shahid schools. The current research was a semi-experimental research with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The research population included the students of Shahid 1st secondary schools in the 3rd district of Tehran in the academic year of 1402-1403. Using available sampling method, 30 students of the studied community were selected and randomly replaced into two experimental groups (15 people with metacognitive skills training package) and a control group. The experimental group received metacognitive skills training in 8 sessions of 90 minutes each. To collect data, metacognitive skills training (Flaval, 1999) and fluid intelligence test (Saadati Shamir and Zhatkesh, 1401) were used. The results of covariance analysis showed that the metacognitive skills training package increased fluid intelligence in students aged 13 to 15 years. Teaching metacognitive skills to children in the first years of high school increases their perceptive, reasoning, computational, working memory, auditory, visual memory, processing speed and one-dimensional and multi-dimensional attention and increases their self-sufficiency to achieve higher goals. and can empower them in various cognitive aspects and prepare them for a better and richer future. Also, students who receive more and more accurate metacognitive skills training receive more social support, so they perform better in the five components of skilled fluid intelligence, including perception, reasoning, memory, attention, and processing speed, and as a result, have a better academic status. And they have a more positive attitude about education, and they are generally more satisfied with the school. Therefore, self-esteem through the promotion of fluid cognitive abilities leads to an increase in his academic success and resilience.