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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the strength of the school's organizational climate
influences, which includes four dimensions: collegial leadership, teacher professionalism,
academic emphasis and community involvement on metacognition awareness among teachers
that working in primary schools in the Northern Island Zone of Sabah. Using a quantitative
approach, this study is based on an ‘ex post facto’ study design. The data were collected
through questionnaire instrument by using the "School Climate Index" (SCI) and
"Metacognitive Awareness Inventory for Teacher" (MAIT). Through the purposive sampling
design, a total of 151 teachers that teaching at 14 primary schools in the island zone were
involved in this study. Descriptive and inference statistics were used to analyze the data and to present the findings of the study. The data were analyzed by using Multiple Regression
Analysis. The findings show that the level of school organization climate (M = 4.15, SD = .40)
and teachers' metacognition awareness (M = 4.11, SD = .40) are at a high and positive level.
The results of the multiple regression analysis showed that two dimensions of the constructs of
the school organization climate : colegial leadership (β = .293, t = 3.536, p