The Effectiveness of a Training Program for Improving Metamemory Skills on Working Memory Performance during Problem Solving for Sample of Education Students

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The Effectiveness of a Training Program for Improving Metamemory Skills on Working Memory Performance during Problem Solving for Sample of Education Students

The Present Study aims at Verification of The Effectiveness of Metamemory Skills Development Program provided by the current study, in Improving Working memory Performance specially during problem Solving for Sample of Students at the Faculty of Education by revealing the impact of the training program for improving Metamemory skills to increase the working memory capacity to perform the dual-tasks (storage and processing) at the same time when dealing with a problematic situation problems in a study sample. Therefore the problem of study Determined by the main following question:

- What is the Effectiveness of a Training Program for Improving Metamemory skills on the Working Memory Performance during Problem Solving (as measured by Operation Span Working Memory Test) for Sample of Students at the Faculty of Education? *The Most Important Findings of the Study:

1. There are Significant Differences between the mean scores of students study sample in both the pre and post of the protocols analysis at 0.01 and dimensions after applying the program for the benefit of post and the effect size of the Program on Metamemory Skills was high.

2. There are Significant Differences between the mean students' scores (study sample) in pre and post measurements on Metamemory Skills Scale when level of 0.01 in favor of measuring dimensional each of the following Attention Awareness, The Strengths and Weaknesses Awareness, Ease of Learning Judgments, Planning, Evaluation, and The Total Score, and Margin Statistically Significant at the 0.05 level for the post measurement of Selecting the Appropriate Strategy Dimension, while not statistically Significant Differences on the Dimensions of Awareness of the Feelings and Emotions Associated with the Learning Situations and Confidence Judgments.

3. There were Statistically Significant Differences between the mean scores of students (study sample) in pre and post measurements to the Operation Span Working Memory Test at 0.01, and for the benefit of dimensional measurement and Effect Size was high.

4. There are Significant Differences between students who have high and low scores on the Working Memory Operation Span Test in Metamemory Skills for the high scores.

Keywords: Metamemory - Working Memory - Problem Solving.