The Impact Of The Five-Finger Strategy On Science Achievement Among First-Grade Intermediate Students In Science And Their Creative Thinking

Abstract

This research aims to know the impact of the five fingers strategy on the achievement of science subject for first-grade intermediate students and their creative thinking, the researcher chose first-grade intermediate students from (Al-Jawahri) Intermediate School for Boys affiliated to the Directorate of Education - Karkh First / Baghdad for the academic year (2020-2021) for the purpose of applying the experiment, the sample consisted of (64) students, (32) students in the experimental group that is taught according to the five-finger strategy and (32) students in the control group that are taught in the usual way, and the scientific subject to be taught was determined, which included three units (Part One) ) From the book of the entire science subject dedicated to teaching for the first intermediate grade for the year 2021 AD, the 387 behavioral objectives were formulated in the light of the general objectives and according to Bloom’s classification of the cognitive domain at its first five levels (remember, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis ), as for the research tool, it has prepared an objective achievement test of a type of multiple choice consisting of (35) items according to the test map (specification table), and the Torrens Scale of Creative Thinking, consisting of (40) items, was adopted, and the researcher was ascertained of its honesty, stability and psychometric properties, the researcher applied the experiment in the first semester of the academic year (2020-2021) AD, as the experiment started on Sunday (29/11/2020) and ended on Wednesday (17/2/2021) after applying the post-achievement test, the experiment lasted (10) weeks, with four lessons per week for each group, and the researcher studied the two groups himself.