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The main purpose of this study is to find out the perceived metacognition level of university students and to identify whether metacognition levels display significant differences in terms of various variables The study was designed in the relational sampling model and the participants were 1745 students enrolling Faculty of Veterinary Science Faculty of Science and Letters and Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences at Kafkas University After the elimination of missing and invalid data the number of students participating in the study was 1083 The data were collected through “Metacognition 30” scale and “Personal Information Form” aiming at identifying the participants’ socio demographic characteristics Results obtained from the metacognition scale showed that university students got the highest scores in the cognitive awareness sub dimension Findings also showed that there were significant differences in favour of female students in terms of the dimensions of total metacognition cognitive confidence and need to control thinking As to the faculties they enroll students in the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences displayed a significant difference in the dimension of cognitive awareness Analysis regarding the grade level indicates that average mean scores of the fifth graders were lower than other grades in the dimensions of uncontrollableness and danger Key words: Metacognition university students thinking

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