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This study investigates the relationship between metacognitive beliefs and personal-social adaptation and happiness among high school students. Using a descriptive-correlational design, 373 high school students from Robat Karim city were selected via convenience sampling. Data was collected using the Metacognitive Beliefs Questionnaire short form by Wells & Cartwright-Hatton (2004), the California Psychological Inventory by Clark et al. (1939), and the Oxford Happiness Inventory by Argyle et al. (1995). Statistical analysis involved Pearson correlation and regression. The study identified significant correlations between metacognitive beliefs and personal-social adaptation and happiness. Positive correlations were noted between beliefs about concern and personal adaptation (0.245), and uncontrollability and danger and personal adaptation (0.520). Cognitive confidence also correlated positively with personal adaptation (0.383), while the need for control of thoughts showed a negative correlation (-0.361). Social adaptation displayed similar trends with substantial correlations linked to positive beliefs about concern (0.741) and cognitive confidence (0.471). The need for control of thoughts showed a strong negative correlation (-0.798). Happiness correlated positively with metacognitive beliefs (0.518), with these beliefs predicting a 0.118 unit change in happiness.Metacognitive beliefs significantly affect personal-social adaptation and happiness among students. Workshops involving parents on metacognitive beliefs are recommended to enhance student outcomes.

This study aimed to investigate the Embodiment in the virtual technical and vocational education of the SHAD System using the post-phenomenological method. The lived experience of several students of the art schools in Malard County was examined using interviews. The result is that the mediation of the SHAD System has expanded the temporal and spatial possibilities and the degree of freedom of action of the students; moreover, in this system, due to the substantive, implicit, and environmental differences of the practical training of specialized courses, additional challenges have arisen depending on the theoretical courses. Here, due to the change in the type of physical connection and the physical absence of the student, the learning conditions were different and were not as available as in face-to-face education. The set of senses could not be reproduced and simulated to the same extent in the SHAD Space. The quality and speed of coordination of different senses and the connection of the mind, emotions, and hands were different, and learning required more repetition and practice. Considering physical movement, angle of view, and work steps, achieving a new physical balance in the SHAD System was time-consuming and experimental. The degree of freedom of the student's body has led to improved performance in some situations and has disrupted learning in others. In this space, the body in action has created a kind of physical expertise that combines face-to-face learning and virtual. Physical presence and close physical contact between the students and the student, as in workshop training, are not provided and have led to changes. The emotions arising from the students' embodiment have played a role in achieving the goals of the SHAD system. In this system, the pace of education, learning style, student-centeredness, self-regulation, and communication outside of school have been strengthened. Finally, improving and redesigning the SHAD system in this area with a post-phenomenological approach has been proposed to facilitate learning in this system.

The aim of present study was to explore the comparative effect of direct corrective feedback and recast on EFL learners’ reading comprehension in a critical thinking (CT) context. Sixty female EFL learners were selected from a larger group of 85 learners through convenience sampling and were given a Preliminary English Test (PET) to assess their proficiency levels. As the next step, the participants formed two random experimental groups. The reading comprehension abilities of both groups were measured before and after the treatment through administration of reading section of two separate versions of PET. Both groups received 12 sessions of the treatment. Two paired samples t-tests were utilized, both of which proved significant improvement for both groups from pretest to posttest. Then, the posttest scores of the two groups using an independent samples t-test were compared. Based on the results, the difference between the two groups turned out to be significant indicating superiority of the effect of the recast. This study can have important implications for the stakeholders in foreign language (FL) education.