Aspects of Metacognitive Knowledge among University Students

Abstract

The current research aimed to identify:The Aspects of metacognitive knowledge among university students.Differences in the limits of metacognitive knowledge according to variables (gender, stage, specialization).The current research has been determined by the students of Al-Qadisiyah University of specialization (scientific - humanitarian) and the second - fourth stage) and gender (males - females) of the morning study for the academic year 2022-2023. To achieve the objectives of the research, the researcher relied on the following:Use a relational descriptive approach to uncover the limitations of metacognitive knowledge.Adoption of the Al-Abbas 2012 scale within the limits of metacognitive knowledge based on the theory of Hartmann (1998), which consists of 12 fields and (45) items in its final formTo complement this, the researcher applied the scale to a sample of(500) male and female students at Al-Qadisiyah University, who were selected by the random stratified method according to the proportional method, and after collecting the data and processing them statistically using the statistical portfolio (ssps), the current research reached the following results:1-The university students have intermediate knowledge limits that tend to be thicker.2- There are no statistically significant differences in the Aspects of metacognitive knowledge among the sample members according to the variable (gender, stage, specialization)