Global Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

Abstract

Influence of Metacognitive Thinking Skills on Solving Social Problem Among Gifted Students in Saudi Arabia

Alelyani Salem Obaid, Mohd Zuri Bin Ghani and Aznan Bin Che Ahmad

In this study, we examined the influence of metacognitive thinking skills on problem solving related to social problems among gifted students in Saudi Arabia. Metacognitive thinking skills as identified from the literature include declarative knowledge, procedural knowledge, conditional knowledge, planning, information management strategies, comprehension monitoring, debugging strategies and evaluation. Their influence on problem solving related to social problems among gifted students in Saudi Arabia was tested. Data was collected from two gifted learning centers in Jeddah province Saudi Arabia, the study respondents consist of 480 gifted students from the two selected province of Jeddah. The study revealed that metacognitive thinking skills significantly influence solving social problems among gifted students. The results of the current study demonstrated significant influence of metacognitive thinking skills for problem solving related to social problems among Saudi Arabian gifted students at different level of study, sub-groups and with respect to gender. The suggestion and recommendations based on the study findings would benefit the gifted student’s centers, educational ministry, international and non-governmental organizations in the effort to improve the study learning conditions of gifted students in Saudi Arabia