Educational Research and Reviews

  • Abbreviation: Educ. Res. Rev.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1990-3839
  • DOI: 10.5897/ERR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 2009

Full Length Research Paper

The degree of using meta-cognitive thinking strategies skills for problem solving by a sample of biology female teachers at the secondary stage in the State of Kuwait

Khadir Abdullah Al Azmy
  • Khadir Abdullah Al Azmy
  • Department of Methods and Teaching, College of Education World Islamic Sciences and Education University, Amman, Jordan.
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Tahani Muhammed Alebous
  • Tahani Muhammed Alebous
  • Department of Methods and Teaching, College of Education World Islamic Sciences and Education University, Amman, Jordan.
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  •  Received: 03 November 2020
  •  Accepted: 08 December 2020
  •  Published: 31 December 2020

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