- Metacognitive thinking and its relation to self-esteem in an educated adolescent. - A field study at the Salah El-Din El-Ayoubi high school in M'Sila city -

Abstract

The objective of the research is to study the relationship between metacognitive thinking and self-esteem in educated adolescents, and to study the differences in the level of metacognitive thinking and self-esteem as a function of the variables of gender and specialty. The sample was made up of (75) 2nd year science and literature students, including (35) boys and (40) girls. Cooper Smith's Adolescent and Adult Self-Esteem Test and Schraud Neeson's Metacognitive Thinking Test were used and applied in their Arabized images. The results concluded:

- There is a correlation between metacognitive thinking and self-esteem in school-going adolescents.

- There are no differences between students in the level of metacognitive thinking due to gender and specialty variables.

- There are no differences between students in level of self-esteem due to gender and specialty variables.