Ways of procedural knowing have faculty members at King Khalid University

Abstract

The study aimed at exposing ways of procedural knowing (Separated & Connected) used by faculty members at King Khalid University, and the knowledge of the differences in ways of procedural knowing depending on the effect of each genre, major, age, degree, and nationality and the interaction between them. The study used a descriptive analytical method and selected a random sample of 311 members representing the two genres, and they were given a survey using measure of ways of procedural knowing that the researcher translated and standardized. This study used a multivariate analysis of variance (ANOVA) to analyze the results. The study found that the most prevalent methods ways of procedural knowing among faculty members at King Khalid University is Connected Knowing; also there were statistically significant differences in favor of Connected Knowing to the female attributed to genre and nationality. There were differences attributable to nationality in favor of non-Saudis, as there were no statistically significant differences in the ways of procedural knowing attributed to age, and degree and found there is a strong influence of major, and a bilateral interaction between age and degree. There was no finding about the bilateral interactions between the rest of the independent variables. Finally, the researcher made a number of recommendations based on the study