摘要:AbstractThe purpose of study is to outline differences of learning abilities developed into university system between three categoria of students from technical, vocational and human sciences. The qualitative research instrument chosen to carry out the research was a structured questionnaire. In qualitative terms, data were structured on six dimensions: 1) types of activities; 2) most used types of strategies for development of metacognitive abilities; 3) most used metacognitive abilities; 4) control and adjustment of mental processes; 5) knowledges regarding tasks for development of metacognitive abilities; 6) most used strategies for knowledges based on algorithmical or an heuristical approach.