Content Analysis Of The Islamic Studies Curriculum For The Second Intermediate Grade In The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia In The Light Of Metacognitive Thinking Skills

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the degree of inclusion of the Islamic Studies curriculum (Hadith book) for the second grade intermediate students in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the light of metacognitive thinking skills. To achieve this goal, the researcher identified the appropriate metacognitive thinking skills for second grade students, and then he reviewed them. The researcher reached (14) sub-skills divided into three (main) skills: planning skill, which includes (6) sub-skills: problem identification, goal setting, difficulty identification, linking ideas and providing alternatives and choices, monitoring and control skill, which includes (5) sub-skills: focus, analysis, assimilation, choice, and sequence, and evaluation skill, which includes (3) sub-skills: issuing judgments, questioning, and summarizing. The researcher then prepared a content analysis form based on the list of skills he reached, with a criterion for measuring the degree of inclusion of the Islamic Studies curriculum (Hadith book) for the second grade intermediate students in metacognitive thinking skills. The results of the analysis showed weak percentages of the availability of metacognitive thinking skills in the content of the student book; where planning skill ranked first with a availability percentage of 43.89% while evaluation skill came in second place with a availability percentage of 35.25% and monitoring and control skill came in third and last place with a availability percentage of 20.86%, with the absence of some skills, as well as weak moderation in the distribution of the available skills between the three units of the book content. In light of these results, the researcher recommended the importance of paying attention to the inclusion of the Islamic Studies curriculum (Hadith book) for metacognitive thinking skills during the preparation of the curriculum, with training for science teachers specializing in the science of hadith on how to develop them in students.