The study seeks to identify the prevailing methods of thinking among the mentally talented students in the light of their achievement rates and gender. The sample of the research was chosen intentionally. It consists of second secondary grade studen
ts from "Top Students Secondary School". The study used the analytic, descriptive method, as well as the Sternberg & Wagner's list of methods of thinking, which was translated by Mr. Abu Hashem.
The study showed that the most common methods of thinking for mentally talented students were legislative thinking, and liberal hierarchical thinking. The least common, on the other hand, were conservative thinking, global thinking and executive thinking. The study showed that the relationship between students' scores on certain thinking methods and their achievement rates was very weak. These methods are: legislative, executive, global, local, liberal, conservative, monarchic and anarchic. It was also found out that there was a weak relationship between students' scores on some other thinking methods and their achievement rates. These methods are: judicial methods and minority method. There is a moderate relationship regarding the hierarchical and external thinking. As the study showed that there was a statistically significant difference between the mentally talented male students and students excelling mentally in the following methods of thinking: global, conservative, hierarchical, monarchic, internal and external. This was in favor of males regarding internal thinking, and in favor of females regarding global, conservative, monarchic, hierarchical and external thinking.
The effect of teaching by using the Learning Program according to Marzano’s
Dimensions Of Learning Model in growing the metacognition thinking for first secondary
students school in Lattakia. The sample of the research was chosen intentionally , it
composedof (58) male and female students, and it follows the curriculum in terms of quasiexperimental
sample divided into two groups: (experimental 29 students), and the control
group 29 students).And the study used the Learning Program according to Marzano’s
Dimensions Of Learning Model for students in first grade secondary school, and Test for
metacognition thinking .The study showed that:there was a statistically significant mean
score difference between experimental and control groups according to Test for
metacognition thinking as a result of the post, so this difference is due to the the
metacognition according to Marzano’s Dimensions Of Learning Model, which due to the
teaching in this method has contributed to increase the level of students' metacognition
thinking better than the traditional way. And the study didn’t show a statistically
significant mean score difference between the mean scores of students of the experimental
group (male and female) in the post to test metacognition thinking, and it may be due to
the fact that student who learn in a metacognition was an active partner in educational
situation, he or she is the tempter, liquid and good listener, all that helped in the
development of his metacognition thinking skills, whether male or female.
The aim of the research was to investigate the level of environmental awareness among
sixth graders’ students in light of the gender variables and the cultural level of the mother.
In order to achieve this goal, the descriptive approach was used, a
nd the "environmental
awareness" scale was prepared. After verifying its validity, it was distributed to a sample of
140 students and students from the sixth grade school in Lattakia in 2017/2018.
The results showed that the level of awareness among the sixth grade students was
average. There were no statistically significant differences among the sixth grade in terms
of environmental awareness due to sex, while there were statistically significant
differences due to the cultural level of the mother in favor of students whose mothers have
university degrees.
