The investigation of metacognitive strategies used by gifted and talented students in writing process according to some variables

The purpose of this study, which is about the metacognitive strategies used by gifted and talented students in writing process, is to "investigate the metacognitive strategies used by gifted and talented students in writing process according to some variables". The model of the research is Convergent Parallel Mixed Method; and the working group includes gifted and talented students that are registered under the Science and Arts Centers (BİLSEM/SAC) that are subsidiaries of Izmir Provincial Directorate of National Education and a group of secondary school students with regular intelligence. The working group consists of 156 (41,9%) female, and 216 (58,1%) male students. In order to collect the quantitative data, the Metacognitive Writing Strategies Awareness Scale (MWSAS) developed by Aydin, Innali and Uyumaz (2017); and in order to collect the qualitative data, a semi-structured interview form have been utilized in the research. The analysis of the collected quantitative data has been carried out via a packaged software; and the qualitative data have been analyzed by categorizing the answers of the participants in the interview form. According to the results obtained, the metacognitive strategy awareness used by gifted and talented students in writing process shows a statistically significant difference compared to the other students. While the metacognitive strategy awareness used by gifted and talented students in writing process doesn't show a statistically significant difference according to gender and grade level, it shows a statistically significant difference according to the school. High metacognitive strategy awareness of gifted and talented students towards writing obtained from the quantitative data of the research has been backed up by qualitative data.