%0 Journal Article %T Relationship between Metacognitive Awareness and Self-Efficacy of Secondary School Students %A Aytunga O£¿uz %J - %D 2018 %X The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between 6, 7 and 8th grade students¡¯ metacognitive awareness and their self-efficacy perceptions. In addition, the researchers examined whether students' metacognitive awareness and self-efficacy perceptions have differed in terms of various variables. The study employs the relational survey model. The sample of the study is composed of 370 students who are in 6, 7 and 8th grade in the city center of K¨¹tahya province. ¡°The Metacognitive Awareness Scale for Children¡± and ¡°The Self-Efficacy Scale for Children¡± have been used as data collection tools. In the analysis of the data; descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA and Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficients have been used. In the study, it has been determined that students¡¯ metacognitive awareness and their self-efficacy perceptions are at the good level. Students¡¯ metacognitive awareness varies significantly in terms of gender and grade levels. Students¡¯ self-efficacy perceptions vary in terms of gender and grade levels in all sub-dimensions. It has been found that there are significant differences in the academic self-efficacy sub-dimension and total self-efficacy perceptions of the students in terms of the number of books they read per month. In the study, positive and significant relationships have been determined between students¡¯ metacognitive awareness and their self-efficacy perceptions %K ¨¹st bili£¿sel fark£¿ndal£¿k %K £¿z yeterlik %U http://dergipark.org.tr/eku/issue/37912/319267