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Zarei, Eghbal; Shokrpour, Nasrin; Nasiri, Elham; Kafipour, Reza – English Language Teaching, 2012
This study aimed at determining the effect of instruction in cognitive and metacognitive strategies on the students' educational self-esteem and academic performance. 87 students were selected through random sampling. The two first groups were consciously taught about cognitive and metacognitive strategies. All the classes were taught by the same…
Descriptors: Self Esteem, Academic Achievement, Metacognition, Statistical Analysis
Fotovatian, Sepideh; Shokrpour, Nasrin – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2007
Knowledge of the strategies used by English as a foreign language (EFL) or second language (ESL) readers can help instructors teach these techniques and thereby enhance their students' reading comprehension. The present study compared three categories of reading comprehension strategies (metacognitive, cognitive, and socio-affective) to determine…
Descriptors: Inferences, Metacognition, Reading Comprehension, English (Second Language)
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Shokrpour, Nasrin; Fotovatian, Sepide – Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2006
To enhance reading comprehension, several strategies have been identified in previous research conducted (Naiman et al. 1978; O'Malley & Chamot 1990; O'Malley, Chamot, Manzanares, Russo and Kypper 1985; Politzer and McGroarty 1985; Prokop 1989; Oxford 1990; Salataci and Akyel 2002; Tercanlioglu 2004). However, using different types of Reading…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Inferences, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning