أساليب التفكير في البحوث العربية: دراسة تحلبلية للدراسات المتوفرة في شبكة المعلومات العربية التربوية (شمعة)‎

Abstract EN

The study aimed to analyze the content of studies that dealt with "thinking styles" in the Arab Educational Information Network (Shamaa).

The study used content- based analysis, and the sample covered (50) studies.

A tool was developed for data collection.

The study results revealed that there was a growth in studies of thinking styles, but this growth was fluctuating.

Most of the studies (96%) were published in journals, (66%) were published by single researchers, (57.53%) of the publications were published by male researchers and (40%) of the studies were conducted in Saudi Arabia and Algeria.

Furthermore, (34%) of the studies tackled the subject of thinking styles in general without other variables, (78%) focused on students, (44%) focused on the university level, (96%) of them used the descriptive method, (58%) made use of small samples, (66%) relied on Sternberg's Mental Self-Government and (48%) of them used Sternberg's Thinking Styles Inventory.

The study concluded with stressing the need to codify standards in the local environment and to pay attention to cross-cultural studies.