The effect of Hawkins' strategy on positive thinking among middle school students in science

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the effect of teaching science using Hawkins' strategy in positive thinking among second-grade middle school students. The experimental method was adopted. The study sample consisted of (67) female students of the second intermediate grade from one of the Baghdad schools affiliated to the General Directorate of Education in Baghdad / Karkh third for the first semester of the academic year (2021/ 2022). The school was chosen intentionally, as the students were divided into two divisions, one of them is experimental and the number of its members is (33) who learned according to the Hawkins strategy, while the other was considered as control and the number of its (34) were taught according to the usual method. Teaching plans were prepared according to the Hawkins strategy. Positive thinking, after verifying its validity and stability, was applied to the study members after carrying out the experiment to achieve the research objective. The result of the research showed a statistically significant difference between the average scores of the research individuals on the dimensional positive thinking scale, which is attributed to the Hawkins strategy in favor of the experimental group. In light of these results, the research recommended science teachers to use the Hawkins strategy in their science teaching.