The Effectiveness of Hawkins' Strategy in Acquiring Scientific Concepts and Developing Generative Thinking Skills in the Science Subject at the Eighth Grade in Jordan

Abstract

 The present study aimed to measure the effectiveness of Hawkins' strategy in acquiring scientific concepts and developing generative thinking skills in a science subject at the eighth grade in Jordan. To achieve this goal, the researcher followed the quasi-experimental approach. The sample consisted of (50) eighth-grade students. In one of the schools in Jerash Governorate for the academic year (2019/2020), two female divisions were randomly selected to be one experimental group of (25) students who were taught the unit of movement and locations according to Hawkins strategy, and the other officer (25) students were taught the same Unity in the traditional way The test of the acquisition of scientific concepts and the measurement of generative thinking skills were developed and verified for their validity and consistency, to be applied on both groups before and after the study. Teaching (Hawkins), the study recommended a number of recommendations, the most important of which is the need to benefit from the results of this study to invite teachers of science to use the method of Hawkins while teaching science.