مهارات التفكير المحوري المتضمنة في كتاب الرياضيات للصف الثالث المتوسط

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The current research aimed to determine the extent to which core thinking skills are included in the mathematics textbook for the intermediate third grade of the academic year (2019-2020) by answering the main research question: What thinking skills are included in the mathematics textbook for the intermediate third grade? The descriptive analytical method was used in this study.

To achieve research objective, a list of the main core thinking skills and their sub-skills was prepared, and then the textbook was analyzed according to these skills.

The reliability of results was verified through applying test-retest and inter-rater methods.

The reliability value was greater than 86 % using Holsti equation.

The research found the inclusion of all of the main core thinking skills in the textbook.

The sequence of these skills was as follows: first, organizing skills by (25.4%); second, generation skills by (20.5%); third, analyzing skills by (16.8%); followed by remembering skills by (11.5%); then evaluating skills by (8.6%); integration skills by (7.6%); focusing skills by (6.7%); and finally, information gathering skills by (2.5%).

This indicates the availability of pivotal thinking skills in the content of the mathematics textbook for the intermediate third grade with varying percentages, According to these results, a number of recommendations and proposals have been adopted including: 1) The necessity to include core thinking skills in intermediate school mathematics books in a balanced way 2) Conducting experimental studies to find out the volume to which students possess core thinking skills.