The Impact of Using Meta Cognitive Learning Strategies on Al-Hussain Bin Talal University Students' Achievement in and Attitudes towards Health Concepts in "Tenet of Worship" Course

Omar Salim Muhammad Al-Khateeb

doi:10.5539/ass.v7n3p165

Abstract

This quasi experimental study aims at investigating the impact of a Meta Cognitive Learning Model (MCLM) on the achievement of Al-Hussein Bin Talal University students and their attitudes towards health concepts included in the course

Highlights

Educational research in the last two decades has witnessed a turning point in the researcher' vision of the learning process
There existed a satisfaction to develop high level of thinking within the students which recalls consciousness – conscious brain that is able to treat knowledge, face problems and future challenges (Zolar, 1991). This transfer was assisted by the new explorations in the teaching/learning psychology represented in Piaget research whose concern was on the internal cognitive processes such as attention, comprehension, memory, information reception and processing and the mental operations occurring within the student's mind
Results of this study have shown statically significant differences in the students' achievement in Maths and mathematical concepts between the experimental group and the control group in favor of the experimental group with which meta cognitive thinking skills were used

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Introduction

Educational research in the last two decades has witnessed a turning point in the researcher' vision of the learning process. There existed a satisfaction to develop high level of thinking within the students which recalls consciousness – conscious brain that is able to treat knowledge, face problems and future challenges (Zolar, 1991) This transfer was assisted by the new explorations in the teaching/learning psychology represented in Piaget research whose concern was on the internal cognitive processes such as attention, comprehension, memory, information reception and processing and the mental operations occurring within the student's mind. Flavell and Brown are pioneers in the field of the different mental processes research such as thinking, eliciting, memorization and recalling They were the first to highlight that learning is an active process in which students look for knowledge; and as the students progress cognitively, they develop effective strategies to monitor their cognitive processes. When the students have such strategies, they possess a level of awareness which enables them to achieve the aim through monitoring and controlling their thinking: what is called meta cognition, (Reynolds & wade, 1989)

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