مستوى التفكير ما وراء المعرفي لدى عينة من طلبة جامعة اليرموك في ضوء بعض المتغيرات

Abstract EN

This study aimed at identifying the level of metacognitive thinking amongst Yarmouk University students in the light of the variables of: gender, university war, specialization, and academic achievement level.

The .sample of the study consisted of (1102) students: 1514) males and (588) females, distributed over the four sears of the B.

Sc.

And BA.

programs, in the faculties of humanities and science.

To achieve the aim of the study, an Arabic version of Sthraw and Denison's (1994) metacognitive thinking scale, was used.

The results of the study revealed that the sample of the study showed a high level of metacognitive thinking at the total score level, and at the lei el of each domain separately: cognition processing, regulation of c o^nition and knowledge of cognition.

The results also indicated that there were statistical significant differences in metacognitive thinking le\el, and in the cognition processing and regulation of cognition domains due to the gender in the favor of females, and there were statistical significant differences in metacognitive thinking level in all domains due to the academic achievement in the favor of the high achievers.

The results also revealed that there were no statistical significant differences in metacognitive thinking level due to the university year level, and academic specialization, and there were statistical significant differences in regulation of cognition due to the aL ademic specialization in the favor of humanities.