The Cognitive Holding Power among middle school students

Abstract

cognitive Holding power (CHP) which is a learner's situation emerges from promoting learning position to the level of using cognitive procedures of first or second order. The first order of cognitive Holding power refers to a learner's position which entails their following regulations and qualitative procedures which the teacher chooses. As to the second order of cognitive Holding power, it refers a learner's positions which entails their performing their work by themselves and engage in the activities which require using different conceptions to discover strategies and solve all problems encountering the different learning situations.          

Therefore the present research aimed to define the  following points:

Cognitive Holding power in students of preparatory stage

In order to achieve the aims of the research,one devices were used Cognitive Holding power and the researcher adopted Stevenson's measure which consists two orders of Cognitive Holding power, the first order (FOCHP) and second order (SOCHP). This measure consists of (30) items. The validity and the liability of the measure were checked. The sample of the researcher consists of (400) students (male and female) in preparatory stage from AL-Karkh third directorate of educational. The students were randomly chosen. The research came up with the following findings Students of preparatory stage have second–order Cognitive holding power.