Thinking Styles in Arab Research: An Analysis of the Studies in the Arab Educational Information Network (Shamaa)

The study aimed to analyze the content of studies that dealt with "thinking styles" in Arab Educational Information Network (Shamaa). used content-based analysis, and sample covered (50) studies. A tool was developed for data collection. results revealed there a growth thinking styles, but this fluctuating. Most (96%) were published journals, (66%) by single researchers, (57.53%) publications male researchers (40%) conducted Saudi Arabia Algeria. Furthermore, (34%) tackled subject styles general without other variables, (78%) focused on students, (44%) university level, them descriptive method, (58%) made use small samples, relied Sternberg's Mental Self-Government (48%) Thinking Styles Inventory. concluded stressing need codify standards local environment pay attention cross-cultural