Self-regulation is the ability to regulate one’s cognition, behavior, actions, and motivation strategically and autonomously in order to achieve self-set goals including the learning of academic skills and knowledge. Accordingly, self-regulated learning involves self-generated and systematic thoughts and behaviors with the aim of attaining learning goals. With that in mind, this study aimed to ...

research shows a positive relationship between self-directed learning (sdl) andreading comprehension. the present quasi-experimental study attempted to expandthe scope of sdl by investigating its effect on the components of readingcomprehension. sixty high school students took the reading comprehension part ofpet as the pretest and the posttest. over 16 weeks, the experimental group,consisting ...

introduction: acquisition of intelligible english pronunciation and comprehension of medical texts has been considered as an important need for medical students.  this can be improved by employing different methods and taking into consideration various learning styles of students. this study is an attempt to reveal the effect of cooperative learning on enhancing pronunciation and reading compre...

this study aims at investigating the effect of using cooperative learning (jigsaw2) and traditional learning on the reading comprehension achievement. in the present study, experimental research model consisting of pre-test, post-test with a control group was applied. the sample of the study consisted of 64 participants in grade three in bonab high schools. to determine the effect of cooperativ...

abstractthe present study investigated the effect of blended online and face-to-face instruction on the use of reading strategies by iranian efl learners. out of 100 pre-selected learners, 60 homogeneous participants were identified as intermediate, according to their scores on the oxford placement test. the participants were assigned to experimental (n=30) and control (n=30) groups. then, a pr...