%0 Journal Article
%T The Effect of Teaching Learning Strategies in an English Lesson on Students¡¯ Achievement, Attitudes, and Metacognitive Awareness
%A G£¿khan Ba£¿
%J Journal of Theoretical Educational Science
%D 2012
%I Afyon Kocatepe University
%X 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 Ni de. 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 ¨C 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.
%K teaching learning strategies
%K teaching English
%K academic achievement
%K attitude toward lesson
%K metacognitive awareness
%U http://www.keg.aku.edu.tr/index.php?journal=anasayfa&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=130&path%5B%5D=85