2012
DOI: 10.5296/ijl.v4i3.2061
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The Relationship between Thinking Styles and Metacognitive Awareness among Iranian EFL Learners

Abstract: Throughout the recent decades, within the realm of educational psychology, learners' thinking styles and metacognitive awareness as influential factors on learning and thinking have received considerable attention. The present study explored the relationship between thinking styles and metacognitive awareness of Iranian EFL university students majoring in English Literature, English Translation, and English Language Teaching. In addition, the study pursued whether thinking styles could act as the predictors of… Show more

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“…Zhang (2010) stated that legislative, hierarchical and liberal thinking styles correlated with metacognition in Chinese university students. Heidari and Bahrami (2012) highlighted that the conservative, executive, and hierarchical thinking styles predicted metacognition in Iranian English as a foreign language learner. Braojos (2013) noted that the legislative and judicial thinking styles contributed to metacognition in college students.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Zhang (2010) stated that legislative, hierarchical and liberal thinking styles correlated with metacognition in Chinese university students. Heidari and Bahrami (2012) highlighted that the conservative, executive, and hierarchical thinking styles predicted metacognition in Iranian English as a foreign language learner. Braojos (2013) noted that the legislative and judicial thinking styles contributed to metacognition in college students.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There may be many reasons why the study findings are different. The first of these reasons may be the difference in gender distribution in the studies (Female: 55%, 65%, 78%, 81.2%, respectively; Braojos, 2013; Heidari & Bahrami, 2012; Sokmen & Kılıc, 2016; Zhang, 2010). Another reason may be grade level or wide range of ages of participants (only first‐ and fourth‐grade level, not indicated range of ages; not indicated grade level, ages ranged from 17 to 31 years; only fourth‐grade level, not indicated range of ages; only fourth‐grade level, ages ranged from 20 to 41 years, respectively; Braojos, 2013; Heidari & Bahrami, 2012; Sokmen & Kılıc, 2016; Zhang, 2010).…”
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“…Sternberg (1997) defines the thinking styles as different techniques used by the people in processing the data. Thinking style does not denote the ability, it shows the way people use their abilities Thinking styles are different from the intelligence; intelligence refers to the individual potentials and abilities; however, thinking styles Available online at http://jurnal.radenfatah.ac.id/index.php/tadib refers to the individual preferences (Heiderie, 2012) define thinking styles correspond to the preferred manner of utilizing one's own abilities. Sternberg (1997) and Zhang (2004) proposed a theory of thinking styles termed the theory of mental self-government.…”
Section: The Concept Of Thinking Stylementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Internal style, according to Heiderie (2012), internal thinkers perform different activities independently. Fouladi and Shahidi (2016) argue this style tend to work alone, rely on their own world.…”
Section: The Ways Of Thinking In Terms Of Scopementioning
confidence: 99%