The Cognitive holding power as a predictor of future problem solving Gifted female students at the secondary stage in Al-Ahsa Governorate

Abstract

The study aimed to explore the level of ranks of the dominant cognitive power of gifted female students in Al-Ahsa, to determine the level of their future problem-solving skill, and to reveal the predictive ability of the dominant cognitive power to solve future problems. The study followed the descriptive, correlative, and predictive approach, and the study sample consisted of (123) gifted students from grades (first, second, and third) secondary school, The students were selected by the cluster random method. The study used the Cognitive holding power scale prepared by (Stevenson, 1990), and the future problem-solving scale prepared by (Ayoub, 2015). After processing the data statistically, it was concluded that: The level Cognitive holding power was average in the score of the total scale and in the dimension of Cognitive holding power of the first order, While it was high in the dimension of Cognitive holding power of the second order, and that the level of solving future problems was high, and that Cognitive holding power of the second order predicted the solution of future problems, while the Cognitive holding power of the first order did not predict it.