The Effect of Integration Between The Concept Card And Concept Links Strategies In Acquiring The Concepts of The Educational Psychology Subject Among Students of The College of Education And Their Informed Thinking

Abstract

  The research aims to identify the effect of integration between the concept card and concept links strategies in acquiring the concepts of educational psychology among students of the College of Education and their informed thinking. An experimental design with partial control and two pre- and post-tests was used. Room A was chosen to represent the experimental group taught according to the integration of the strategies of concept links and concept cards. Room B represented the control group taught in the usual way. The sample number was (52) students, with (26) for each group. After conducting the equations in the variables: chronological age, gender-variable intelligence test, and the a priori enlightened thinking scale, the researcher prepared the research instrument, the concept acquisition test, and built a scale for enlightened thinking. The psychometric properties of the two tools were verified using the T-test. The results indicated the superiority of the experimental group that was studied according to the integration of the two strategies of concept links and the concept card in acquiring the concepts of the subject of educational psychology among students of the College of Education and their informed thinking.