Metacognition Skills and Thinking Styles of a Sample from Umm Al-Qura and King Abdul-Aziz university in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

this study aims at identifying Metacognition skills and thinking styles of a sample from Umm Al-Qura and King Abdul-Aziz university in Saudi Arabia.  The sample of the study is composed of (400) students, (200) from each university.  This sample was randomly selected.  A Metacognition skills scale (designed by the researcher) and a thinking styles scale developed by Sternberg Wagner (1991) translated by Ajwah & Abu Saree (1999) were both used to collect data for this study.  The following results were attained.

Signs of Metacognition skills and their diminutions together with thinking styles of different types are found in the study sample.
There is a correlation between Metacognition skills and their diminutions and the thinking styles and their types among the study sample at Umm Al-Qura and King-AbdulAzizUniversity in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
There is no significant difference between the students in theoretical and scientific colleges with regard to their Metacognition skills and the thinking styles and their types among the study sample at the two universities.
There are no statistically significant differences in Metacognition skills and thinking styles and their types that can be attributed to age, years of study among the sample of the study.
There are statistically significant differences between the students in Metacognition skills and their thinking styles that can be attributed to (awareness, strategic knowledge and planning) among the study sample from Umm Al-Qura university in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.