Abstract
This study aims to explore to what degree the in-service Iranian English teachers’ sense of self-efficacy and metacognitive
awareness predict their academic performance A total number of 107 Iranian EFL teacher trainees at Farhangian University were
asked to complete Teachers’ Sense of Self-Efficacy Scale (TSES) (Woolfolk & Hoy,1990) and Metacognitive Awareness
Inventory for Teachers (MAIT) (Balcikanli, 2011). Results of the Path Analysis indicated that both metacognition and selfefficacy
affect the academic performance. However, metacognition had a stronger effect. Also, results of t-test showed that there
is no difference between males and females self-efficacy and metacognition.