en روان شناسی تربیتی Educational Psychology پژوهشي Original <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#3300ff;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="line-height:2;"><b>Objective: </b>The objective of the current investigation was to examine the influence of instructing problem-solving strategies on the academic self-regulation and mathematical anxiety of male sixth-grade students enrolled in elementary schools in Bushehr.<br> <b>Methods: </b>The methodology employed in this study was of a semi-experimental nature. The statistical population for this research comprised 2113 male sixth-grade elementary school students in Bushehr. The sample utilized in the study consisted of 40 individuals selected through cluster random sampling techniques. The instruments for data collection included the Bouffard (1995) Academic Self-Regulation Questionnaire and the Math Anxiety Questionnaire developed by Chiu and Henry (1990).<b> </b><br> <b>Results: </b>The findings indicated that the instruction of problem-solving strategies significantly enhanced the academic self-regulation of participants in the experimental group when compared to control group. Furthermore, the instruction of problem-solving strategies was found to diminish the mathematical anxiety of participants in the experimental group in comparison to the control group.<br> <b>&nbsp;Conclusions: </b>Overall, the implementation of problem-solving strategies, through enhancements in self-regulation and reductions in anxiety, lays the groundwork for improved academic achievement and heightened engagement in the field of mathematics.</span></span></span></span></div> Keywords: Teaching problem-solving strategies, Academic self-regulation, Mathematics anxiety, Elementary schools’ students 0 0 http://ieepj.hormozgan.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1057-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Mohammad Musa Khorshidi M.khorshidi59@gmail.com 100319475328460011470 0009-0007-9274-6457 Yes Research Assistant Professor, Farajah Center for Strategic Studies, Bushehr, Iran Azam Mardani azam.mardaniii@gmail.com 100319475328460011471 0009-0007-3220-5878 No Principal of the Girls Highschool Fatemeh Zahra, Bandar Genaveh, Iran Bahareh Mirzaee Azandaryani baharmirzaeeee@gmail.com 100319475328460011472 0009-0001-0088-4585 No Department of Educational sciences, BGe.C., Islamic Azad University, Bandar Genaveh, Iran