واقع تطبيق استراتيجية التخيل الموجه في مقرر العلوم بالمرحلة الابتدائية و علاقته بمهارات التفكير العلمي

الملخص EN

The study aimed to reveal the impact of the use of directed imagination strategy in teaching science on the development scientific thinking skills, which represented (observation, classification, cause and effect, comparison, conclusion) for sixth primary grade students in the city of Jeddah To achieve this aim.

It was used an experimental approach based on quasi experimental design.

A study instrument to test the scientific thinking skills and study materials (Instructor's Guide, a brochure activity) was also used according to the strategy of direct imagination.

The study instrument and materials was applied on a random sample of sixth primary grade pupils in the city of Jeddah in the public schools of the ministry of education during the second semester for academic year 1437 / 1438h, where the sample consisted of (66) pupils distributed in to two groups, the experimental group, which was taught using the strategy of direct imagination of (33) students.

The control group, which was taught the traditional way of (33) students.

The study concluded the following: There was a statistically significant differences between the degrees of the experimental and control group in the skills of scientific thinking as a whole (observation, classification, cause and effect, comparison, conclusion) in favor of the experimental group in the dimensional measurement.