Metamemory Among Fourth grade science students

Abstract

The current research aim to identify Metamemory among students of the fourth scientific grade The research has been limited to students of the fourth scientific grade in secondary and Preparatory schools in the center of Al-Qadisiyah Governorate for the academic year (2020-2021), and the descriptive survey approach was adopted, and the sample size amounted to (400) male and female students who were chosen randomly. To achieve the objectives of the research, the tow researchers prepared research tool represented by a measure of Metamemory, which in its final form consisted of (36) items, with (19) paragraphs of positive wording and (17) paragraphs of negative wording, according to the definition (Troyer & Rich, 2002) who classified Metamemory into three dimensions: satisfaction with memory, ability or memory errors and remembering strategies. And has been verified the apparent validity, content and constructive validity of the scale, the calculation of discrimination coefficients for the items of the scale, and checking the scale's stability through out the calculation of the Cronbach's alpha coefficient, which amounted to (0.919). The research tool were applied in the first semester of the year (2020-2021), and statistical analysis and data processing were carried out using the Statistical Portfolio for Social Sciences (SPSS) program. By applying the equation of the t-test for one sample to the data obtained from the final application of the research tool, it was concluded that students of the fourth scientific grade possess a high level of metamemory. Accordingly, the researchers presented some recommendations and suggestions. key words : Metamemory