A Comparative Comparison of Metacognitive Knowledge in Male and Female high school students of Golestan Province – Iran

The present paper was formulated in order to determine metacognitive awareness among female and male high school student of Golestan Province– Iran. 360 Metacognitive Knowledge Questionnaires containing 17 questions were randomly distributed among 180 male and 180 female high students and the responses of 360 students were analyzed. The mean metacognitive knowledge for males and females were found to be 44.35 and 55.46, respectively. The results obtained from the present study showed that there is a significant difference between female and male high school students in Golestan Province in terms of metacognitive knowledge where female high school students had significantly higher metacognitive knowledge than male high school students.