Self- regulated Learning Strategies of High School Student in Afghanistan: An Exploratory Study

The present study was conducted on self-regulated learning strategies of high school students of Afghanistan. The objective of the study was: To investigate the gender, residence, and type of school difference in use of SRLS, to find out relationship between self-regulated learning and general academic achievement of high school students. In the present study descriptive survey method was employed. The sample of the study comprised of 356 high school students of Herat province of Afghanistan. The Dari (Persian) version of Motivation Strategies for Learning Questioner (MSLQ) that developed by Pintrich and De Groot (1990) was used to collect the data. For purpose of drawing out the results the statistical techniques t- test and correlation were used. Through this analysis, the major findings of the study are: - There exists significant difference between boys and girls students on use of SRLS. There exists significant difference between urban and rural students concerning the use of SRLS. There exists significant difference between government and private school students concerning the use of SRLS.