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Common Thinking Styles among Talented Students at Muta University and their Relationship with some variables
Auther : Mosleh Moslem ALMajali
The study aims at exploring the common thinking styles among the talented students at Muta University and their relationship with some other variables in addition to delermining whether there are differences in these styles that can be attributed to the variables of gender, specialization and academic level of the participants. The population of the stay was composed of all outstanding university students (both male and female) who had an accumulative score of very good and excellent (Total of 3611 students). The study sample consists of (322) students (i.e. 9% of the study population; 224 males and 98 females) distributed on different academic specializations and levels. The study used (Sternberg Wagners, 1997) TSI. The results showed that the most common thinking styles among the outstanding students at Mutah University were (legislative, global, liberal and executive). The legislative style was ranked first and there wre statistically significant differences between male and female outstanding students regarding thinking styles in sub-dimensions; most of these differences wre in favor of males in addition to differences in the overall instrument which were in favor of males as well. Furthermore, the results showed statistically significant differences in thinking styles according to the type of college variable in favor of scientific colleges as well as differences according to the academic level variable in favor of higher levels. In light of the the study findings, the researcher hprovided a number of recommendations.
Keywords: Thinking Styles, Talented Students, List thinking Styles.