AU - Alghamdi, Amani K. Hamdan AU - Abdulsalam, Neama AB - The current study investigates the impact of the Saudi Aramco research science initiative (SA-RSI) on the participating gifted and talented Saudi female students’ acquisition of higher-order thinking skills. In this investigation, a particular emphasis is placed on the students’ metacognitive skills, time-management skills, problem-solving skills and decision-making skills. This study also measures the participants’ ability to engage in metacognitive thinking in terms of planning, self-monitoring and self-assessment. A scale was applied while measuring the students’ acquisition of skills in time management, problem solving and decision-making. The researchers employed multiple training methods and strategies in order to stimulate and enhance the participants’ abilities, especially in the areas of metacognitive thinking, problem solving, decision-making and time management. The study data indicate significant pre and post differences at the level of significance of 0.01 in the participants’ mean scores pertaining to meta-cognitive thinking skills, problem-solving skills, decision-making skills and time-management skills. (Published abstract) http://search.shamaa.org/abstract_en.gif OP - pp. 715-733 T1 - Assessment of the impact of the Saudi Aramco-research science institute programme in terms of fostering higher-order thinking skills among gifted students at the high-school level [Article] UL - https://www.iasj.net/iasj/download/23dc4d82f7e80afd Full text (PDF) 1 http://search.shamaa.org/fulltext.gif