فاعلية استراتيجية سوم (SWOM)‎ لتدريس العلوم في تنمية التفكير الاستدلالي و عادات العقل لدى طلاب المرحلة المتوسطة

Abstract EN

The current study aimed to reveal the effectiveness of the SWOM strategy for teaching science in developing deductive thinking and habits of mind among middle school students.

the third is intermediate and they study in government schools in Makkah al-Mukarramah region, where al-Fateh intermediate School was chosen in a simple random way and two classes were chosen in a simple random way, and the sample was randomly divided into two groups, experimental group includes (27) students who studied using the SWOM strategy, control group includes (27) students studied in the traditional way, and the researcher reformulated the (Electricity and magnetism) unit, prepared the teacher’s guide and student activity brochure, and then built the study tools, namely : the inferential thinking test and adoption the mind habits scale.

the two study groups were then applied to the two study groups to test the validity of the hypotheses, and to answer the study questions, the data was treated statistically using the t-test to find out the differences between the two groups the results of the study showed that : there were statistically significant differences at the level (α ≤ 0.05) between average scores of the students of the experimental and control groups in favor of the experimental group in the inferential thinking skills test and its dimensions (the ability to extrapolate and the ability to deduce) at a value of (5.5), where the size of the effect using the (SWOM) strategy was (0.372).

the results of the study showed : there are statistically significant differences at the level (α ≤ 0.05) between average scores of the students of the experimental and control groups in favor of the experimental group at, for the scale of mind habits and its various dimensions which are (thinking flexibly-thinking about thinking-questioning and problem solving-the application of past knowledge-reciprocal thinking), where the size of the effect using the SWOM strategy was (0.227).

in light of the results of the study, the researcher recommended holding courses and workshops for teachers to use the application of the (SWOM) strategy during lesson planning and implementation.