Students’ metacognitive abilities and creative thinking skills: A gender-based in the era of Covid-19 pandemic

Abstract

Metacognitive abilities and creative thinking skills are the essential skills for students in the online learning. The students who possess adequate metacognitive abilities and creative thinking skills will be able to stabilize or improve the learning outcomes in online learning. This study aims to investigate the students’ metacognitive abilities and creative thinking skills based on their gender. The study focuses on the students who are engaged in online learning during the pandemic of covid-19. The respondents of this study were 95 students (34 male, and 61 female students). This study employed a qualitative study. The instruments used were a metacognitive ability questionnaire and creative thinking questions. The results of the study revealed an insignificant difference between the score of metacognitive ability in male and female students. Each gender got an average score of 81.84 (male) and 77.23 (female) was in the high and enough metacognitive category. The creative thinking skills, on the other hand, presented an adequate difference between male and female students’ scores. Each gender (male and female) got an average score of 39.01 (low creative thinking category) and 58.70 (moderate creative thinking category). This indicates the students’ metacognitive abilities should be maximized and the students’ creative thinking skills in online learning should also be improved.