The Degree of Using Meta-Cognitive Thinking Strategies Skills for Problem Solving by a Sample of Biology Female Teachers at the Secondary Stage in the State of Kuwait

Autor/inn/en	Azmy, Khadir Abdullah Al; Alebous, Tahani Muhamad
Titel	The Degree of Using Meta-Cognitive Thinking Strategies Skills for Problem Solving by a Sample of Biology Female Teachers at the Secondary Stage in the State of Kuwait
Quelle	In: Educational Research and Reviews, 15 (2020) 12, S.764-774 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1990-3839
Schlagwörter	Metacognition; Learning Strategies; Correlation; Foreign Countries; Problem Solving; Teaching Experience; Biology; Science Instruction; Science Teachers; Secondary School Teachers; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Surveys; Females; Teaching Methods; Kuwait + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Korrelation; Ausland; Problemlösen; Biologie; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Lehrerverhalten; Weibliches Geschlecht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	The study aims to identify the degree of using meta-cognitive thinking strategy skill that relates to problem solving by teachers in the State of Kuwait and to investigate whether there is a statistical significance of using the skills of meta-cognitive strategies on solving problem related to their years of experience and their educational area. The current study followed the descriptive and analytical method that is the most appropriate for educational studies particularly that have to with correlation studies and the study of the relationships between variables. The research tool is represented in a list of thinking of meta-cognition that is distributed in (36) items that are basically under four dimensions including understanding the problem, setting a plan for solution, control and evaluation. The research sample that was analyzed contained (204) members. They are teachers who teach biology at secondary school in the state of Kuwait that is, 50% of the total number of female teachers in the State of Kuwait who are actually working in the whole six educational areas available in the state of Kuwait. The survey was electronically distributed via social media platforms because of Corona Virus pandemic witnessed by the State of Kuwait and the world. The research findings showed the degree of using the skills of meta-cognitive strategy that relate to problem solving by the research sample in the State of Kuwait was high despite of the different degrees of each strategy. The results indicated there is not a statistical significance of applying the skills of meta-cognitive strategies on solving problem by the research sample belong to their years of experience and the educational area they work in. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01