Metacognitive Thinking Level Amongst some of Hadhramout University Faculties Students 10.12816/0009050د. سالم مبارك العوبثاني ، د. أحمد محمد برقعان

Abstract

This study aimed at identifying the level of metacognitive thinking amongst some Hadhramout University faculties Students in the light of the variables of: gender, the academic specialization. The sample of the study consisted of (215) students: (121) males and (94) females .and achieve the aim of the study, an Arabic version of Schraw and Denison's (1994) metacognitive thinking scale was used. The results of the study revealed that the sample of the study showed a medium level of metacognitive thinking at the total score level, and at the level of each domain separately: cognition processing, regulation of cognition and knowledge of cognition. The results also indicated there were no statistical significant differences in metacognitive thinking level due to the gender e. and there were statistical significant differences in metacognitive thinking level due to the academic specialization in the favor of the Scientific specialization, the researchers made some recommendations.