فاعلية بعض استراتيجيات التعلم الصفي النشط في تنمية تحصيل الجغرافيا و المهارات الإبداعية لدى طالبات الصف الثالث المتوسط ذوات التحصيل المنخفض

Abstract EN

This research aims to measure the effectiveness of some active classroom learning strategies in improving achievement in geography and developing the creative skills of third grade intermediate female students who have low achievement.

To achieve that, the researcher applied the experimental method on a sample of 53 underachieving students in the third grade Intermediate level (27 an experimental sample and 26 a control sample), has prepared for the experiment a Teacher Guide for teaching active learning and an achievement test, and has made use of Torrance Test of Formal Creative Thinking, version "A", and a measure to assess the class Results of the statistical analysis have shown that there are significant statistical differences between the students’ average scores (in the two groups) in the telemetric measure in favor of the experimental group in each of the following : the achievement test, the total mark of the creative thinking test, and the fluency skill, while there is absence of statistically significant differences in the originality skill (originality of form, and authenticity of the title), and the details skill.

The results have also shown a high value of the "ETA" box for measuring the effect size in terms of achievement and creative thinking.

There searcher has given several recommendations including utilizing the researcher’s Teacher Guide in active learning and strategies of mastering and reviewing and training teachers on using active learning strategies and how to deal with underachieving students.

The researcher has suggested several studies, including preparing similar studies on students of different achievement levels (high, medium, low) in geography and other subjects (to clarify the impact of integration on underachieving students) and measuring the effectiveness of the proposed training program for teachers of geography at public education levels based on active learning strategies of reviewing and proficiency.