The Impact of Network Analysis Strategy on Associative Thinking Among Second-Grade Intermediate Students

Abstract

The current research aims to investigate the impact of network analysis strategy on associative thinking among second-grade intermediate students. To achieve this objective, the following null hypothesis was formulated:

• There is no statistically significant difference at the 0.05 level between the average scores of students in the experimental group who studied according to the network analysis strategy and the average scores of students in the control group who studied using the conventional method in associative thinking.The research community consists of second-grade intermediate students in government secondary and intermediate schools for boys in Karbala Educational Directorate for the academic year )2023-2024(, Through simple random sampling, the Elite Secondary School for Boys was selected from the schools of the current research community,The two sections (B) and (H) were chosen randomly to represent section (B), the experimental group consisting of 37 students who studied according to the steps of the network analysis strategy, and a similar number from section (H) to represent the control group, which studied using the conventional method.The experimental design with two groups (experimental and control) was adopted, with one partially controlling the other in some of the post-test variables in associative thinking. The experiment was implemented in the first semester of the academic year )2023-2024(, The research groups (experimental and control) were rewarded for several variables, including students' chronological age in months, pre-knowledge test, Raven's intelligence test, and pre-associative thinking test, To achieve the research objective, the researcher prepared an objective tool represented by a multiple-choice associative thinking test. The discriminatory power of each item of the test was calculated, as well as the psychometric properties. The results indicated that students in the experimental group who studied according to the network analysis strategy outperformed the control group in associative thinking, with a significant effect size.