The Effectiveness of Metacognitive Empowerment on Cognitive Flexibility, Speed of Information Processing, Cognitive Inhibition and Selective Attention in Students

Abbasi, Samira; Dortaj, Fariborz; Sadipour, Esmaeil; Seadatee Shamir, Aboutaleb Seadatee Shamir

doi:10.22059/japr.2025.378595.644956

The Effectiveness of Metacognitive Empowerment on Cognitive Flexibility, Speed of Information Processing, Cognitive Inhibition and Selective Attention in Students

Articles in Press

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Samira Abbasi ¹

Fariborz Dortaj ²

Esmaeil Sadipour ²

Aboutaleb Seadatee Shamir Seadatee Shamir ³

¹ Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

² Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran.

³ Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

10.22059/japr.2025.378595.644956

Abstract

The current research was conducted with the aim of analyse of the effectiveness of metacognitive empowerment on cognitive flexibility, speed of information processing, cognitive inhibition and selective attention in students. The present research method was semi-experimental with a pre-test, post-test and follow-up design. The statistical population of the current study was all students of the first level of middle school in Tehran in the academic year of 2022-2023. The selection of samples was available in the form of sampling method and the sample size in this section was also based on the type of research in two groups of 17 people. The tool used in this research was the Semantic Stroop Test (SST). The results showed that the metacognitive empowerment method has an effect on the scores of cognitive flexibility, speed of information processing, cognitive inhibition and selective attention (p<0.05) and this effect was significant in the follow-up phase compared to the pre-test (p<0.05).Based on the findings of the research, the developed metacognitive empowerment package has the ability to improve cognitive flexibility and can be used in educational centers.

Keywords

metacognitive empowerment

cognitive flexibility

speed of information processing

cognitive inhibition

selective attention