Metacognitive awareness and levels in Turkish reading skills of students who prepared for the TYT exam

In this study, analyzes were made on the metacognitive awareness levels in Turkish reading skills for the TYT exam. In the analysis collected during the research, the findings obtained from SPSS-22 were transformed into tables and answers were sought for the research problems. Before analyzing the data regarding metacognitive awareness levels in Turkish reading skills to the TYT exam, normality was checked with the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. Where the research data show normal distribution during the controls. In this context, parametric analysis methods were used in the analysis of research data. Descriptive statistics such as metacognitive awareness levels, arithmetic mean and standard deviation in Turkish reading skills of the students preparing for the TYT exam were calculated and analyzed. In addition, the differentiation of metacognitive awareness level in Turkish reading skill based on gender and school type independent groups t-test; The differentiation status based on class level, age and school variables was analyzed with ANOVA analysis. Frequency and percentage analysis were used to analyze the demographic data of the students participating in the study. The study group of the study consists of students studying at high schools affiliated to the Ministry of National Education in Siirt province in 2019-2020. As a result of the analysis, it was determined that the students preparing for the TYT exam had a very high level of metacognitive awareness in Turkish reading skills. Various suggestions have been made based on the research results. Keywords: Reading, Reading Strategies, Metacognitive Awareness