مستوى التفكير ما وراء المعرفي لدى طلاب جامعة طيبة بالمدينة المنورة و علاقته بمتغيري الكلية و التحصيل الدراسي

Abstract EN

This study was conducted to investigate the level of metacognitive thinking (MT) as well as the genre of skills associated to MT amongst TaibahU students.

The paper also attempts to identify whether or not the students’ MT level is impacted by: 1) the college to which they are affiliated and 2) academic achievement level.

To measure the level of MT skills, a survey was administered to the study sample which comprised randomly selected 418 students from seven different colleges.

Standard deviations, one-way ANOVA and Sheffe’ test were used to detect any statistically significant differences.

Findings revealed an average overall MT level.

The sub-skill which was most commonly used by students has been found to be “observatrion”.

There were differences of statistical significance in the metacognitive thinking level that could be attributed to the college to which students are affiliated.

There were significant differences between 1) College of Pharmacy and College of Education in favor of the latter, 2) College of Medicine and College of Education in favor of the latter and 3) College of Pharmacy and College of Arts in favor of the latter.

However, there were no significant differences among students of other colleges.

No differences of statistical significance were found in the MT level that could be attributed to students' achievement.

The paper recommends the use of teaching strategies that aim at developing MT.