The Effects of Using Adey & Shayer’s Modified Model in Teaching Astronomy on Improving Problem Solving Skills and Development of Divergent Thinking Skills among Eighth Grade Students in Jordan
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Adey & Shayer’s model, astronomy, problem solving, divergent thinkingAbstract
This research aims at investigating the effects of teaching astronomy using Adey & Shayer’s modified model in teaching astronomy to eighth grade students on improving problem solving skills and development of divergent thinking skills. The study was applied on (58) students from first a school for males in Amman governorate, distributed randomly into two groups: an experimental group and a control group, each of which consisted of (29) students. The research used the qusi-experimental design. A test that consisted of (40) items was used to measure problem solving skills of the study sample. Another test that consisted of (30) items was also used to measure their divergent thinking skills. The study showed that there is a significant effect of teaching astronomy by using Adey and Shayer’s modified model on students' problem solving and divergent thinking skills in favor of the experimental group.
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