The Relationship between Visual Working Memory with Motivational Beliefs and Cognitive and Metacognitive Strategies in Primary School Children Farahi Seyed Mohammad Mahdi Moshirian1, Kashani Shamim Razaghi2,*, Farahi Seyedeh Maryam Moshirian3, Moghaddam Mahyar4, Ashkzari Molouk Khademi5 1MA Student in, General Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran 2MA Student in, Educational Psychology, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran 3PhD Student in, Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran 4MA student in, General Psychology, Urmia University, Iran 5Associate Professor in, Educational Psychology Department, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran *Corresponding author: Shamim Razaghi Kashani, MA Student in, Educational Psychology, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran, E-mail: sh.razaghi@student.alzahra.ac.ir
Online published on 18 July, 2017. Abstract The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between visual working memory an d motivational beliefs and cognitive and metacognitive strategies in primary school children. This was a correlational study and the sample, which was selected from second grade students of a primary school, consisted of 64 subjects who took CORSI test after completing MSLQ. At first, the results showed that there are a significant positive relationship between cognitive strategies and visual working memory (r < 0.05). Also, Pearson correlation test revealed a significant positive relationship between metacognitive strategies and visual working memory (r < 0.01). The second part of analysis was performed at the regression level. Variables of motivational beliefs, cognitive strategies and metacognitive beliefs could predict and explain 26% of variance in visual working memory at the significant level of these three variables (p < 0.05). The third part, the results showed that the highest interactional effect was achieved when cognitive strategies and motivational beliefs interacted to obtain metacognitive strategy, which could predict visual working memory (p < 0.05). Overall, the effect of metacognitive strategies-through the interaction of cognitive strategies and motivational beliefs-on working memory was greater than other interactions. Top Keywords visual working memory, motivational belief, cognitive strategy, metacognitive strategy. Top |