Mozhdeh Azizi - Department of Educational Psychology, Shahid Bahonar University, Kerman, Iran
Farzaneh Shiralinejad - PhD Student of Educational Psychology, Central Tehran Branch, University of Tehran, Iran

The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of creative thinking training on self-regulated learning strategies and students' academic achievement motivation. The statistical population included all eighth-grade female students in the first secondary schools of Jahrom. The sample subjects were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling method. So that two schools were selected from the first secondary schools and one eighth grade class was selected from each school and after the students answered the research questionnaires, ۱۵ people Students from each school who scored low on self-regulated learning strategies and achievement motivation questionnaires were randomly assigned to two groups (experimental and control). The experimental group was trained in ۸ sessions and at the end of the post-test sessions were performed for both groups. The data obtained from the research were statistically analyzed using one-way analysis of covariance with pre-test control. The results showed that teaching creative thinking has a significant effect on self-regulated learning strategies of students in the experimental group. Also, the results showed that teaching creative thinking has a significant effect on improving the motivation of students in the experimental group.

Creative thinking training, self-regulated learning strategies, motivation for progress