Abstract:
This study aimed at developing the Scale of Meta- Cognitive Thinking
according to Andrich’s Model. To achieve this objective, the scale was
translated into Arabic and evaluated by five referees in the field of specialty.
The scale was applied on a sample of )540( students; )220( male students from
West Gaza Directorate and )320( female students were chosen by the cluster
method. The Items of Meta- Cognitive Thinking scale was calibrated using
WINSTEPS Software. The results indicated that (44) fit with the assumptions
of rating scale model, that shaped the final image of the scale and covered the
trait continuum regularly. The scale also has good psychometric characteristics
and the coefficient of validity among its items was (0.96) and it has several
reliable connot.