The effect of training methods on vertical thinking for students of the department of physics through an independent curriculum or activities integrated with the courses

Abstract EN

The research aims at using different methods (styles) to measure the level of vertical thinking for the students of the department of Physics in two colleges (Education for Pure Sciences and Science).

The current research community was determined by the students of the third stage for ( two departments of physics) in college of education for pure sciences and college of science, for the academic year (2018- 2019) and they were (185) students, and they adopted (48)% to represent the research sample randomly and thus the research sample consisted of two experimental groups: first, the students of the College of Education for Pure Sciences and they are (41) students and the second they are (33) students of the College of Science.

The researcher also prepared (35) paragraph in the form of event or question requires a solution, and the researcher was keen to formulate events in an easy language appropriate to their age, and presented the test paragraphs to a group of experts specializing in psychology and methods of teaching science, and obtained the approval of experts by (80% ), and thus achieved the external validity of the test and the researcher achieved logical validity.

After verifying the hypothesis of the research procedurally, the results showed that the students of the physics department of the college of science exceeded on the physics department of the college of education for pure science.

The study also recommended the establishment of training courses for teachers of physics on the development of thinking skills and looking to modern methods of teaching and suggested titles for future researches.