{"title":"The Effectiveness of \"RISK'' Program on Developing Critical and Creative Thinking among Intermediate High Achieving Female Students in Kuwait","authors":"Maali Alajmi, وزارة التربية – دولة الكويت","doi":"10.20428/ijtd.9.17.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20428/ijtd.9.17.3","url":null,"abstract":"The current study, which was a part of doctoral thesis in 2016, aimed at investigating the impact of Right Intelligent System of Knowledge \"RISK'' program on developing critical and creative thinking among Intermediate school high achieving female students in Kuwait. The study sample consisted of (22) high achieving female students randomly selected from 8th grade. To test the study hypotheses, the experimental design was used. The results showed that the differences in critical thinking were statistically significant and no statistically significant differences in creative were reported. In addition, the results showed that there were statically significant differences due to the effect of \"RISK\" Program on improving the critical thinking of the high achievers in the eighth grade. On the other hand there were no statically significant differences for developing Creative Thinking abilities due to the \"RISK\" Program. Based on the results of this study the researcher suggested some recommendations and further researches studies. \u0000Keywords: RISK, Creative thinking, Critical thinking.","PeriodicalId":413991,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal for Talent Development","volume":"65 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122325287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wafa Alothman, كلية الدراسات العليا – جامعة الخليج العربي, F. Al-Jasim, Mousa Alnabhan
{"title":"Impact of Training on Developing wisdom in Gifted Female Students at Secondary School","authors":"Wafa Alothman, كلية الدراسات العليا – جامعة الخليج العربي, F. Al-Jasim, Mousa Alnabhan","doi":"10.20428/IJTD.9.17.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20428/IJTD.9.17.2","url":null,"abstract":"The study aimed to investigate the effect of a wisdom-based training program on the development of wisdom of gifted students in the secondary level in the kingdom of Bahrain. In order to achieve this objective, the researchers answered this question: “Is there a valid positive impact for the implementation of a wisdom-based training program in the development of gifted students’ wisdom skills in the secondary level in the kingdom of Bahrain? The sample of the study consisted of (24) gifted students from the secondary level divided equally into two groups: experimental group and control group. The wisdom tool was applied in the pre-test and post-test processes on the two groups, whereas the wisdom-based training program was applied on the members of the experimental group only over (22) training sessions in the second term of the academic year (2014/2015). After the statistical analysis, the results revealed statistically significant differences in the post-test levels of reflective and dialogic dimension skills between the experimental and control groups, in favor of the experimental group. This indicates the effect of the experimental program in the development of wisdom skills on gifted students. \u0000Keywords: Giftedness, Wisdom, Secondary level.","PeriodicalId":413991,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal for Talent Development","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133341929","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Effectiveness of Proposed Strategy in the Light of TIMSS in Developing Mathematical Sense of Middle School Talented Students","authors":"O. Alghtani, تبوك – المملكة العربية السعودية","doi":"10.20428/IJTD.9.17.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20428/IJTD.9.17.4","url":null,"abstract":"The main aim of current study was to propose a strategy in the light of Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), and to investigate its effectiveness in developing the mathematics sense of middle school Talented Students. The study used the semi-experimental (pre-post) test. The sample consisted of (70) students selected from the middle school that include talented classes in Tabuk. The sample was divided into two groups: experimental and control groups. The strategy's guide in the light of TIMSS was prepared including teaching plan. Also, the mathematical sense test was prepared which included (50) multiple choice items related to number sense, spatial sense, measurement sense, and statistical sense. The major findings of the study indicated statistically significant differences at the level of (0.01) between the mean scores of the experimental and control group in post mathematical sense test in favor of the experimental group students. The study recommended applying teaching strategies and assessment tools related to TIMSS for developing the mathematics sense skills of talented students. \u0000Keywords: TIMSS, Mathematical sense component, Talented students.","PeriodicalId":413991,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal for Talent Development","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115525219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Omar, كلية التربية جامعة بنها – جمهورية مصر العربية
{"title":"Effectiveness of a Training Program Based on the Theory of Successful Intelligence in Developing Critical Thinking and Improving Academic Achievement among Gifted Students of Low Academic Achievement","authors":"M. Omar, كلية التربية جامعة بنها – جمهورية مصر العربية","doi":"10.20428/IJTD.9.17.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20428/IJTD.9.17.9","url":null,"abstract":"The study was designed to develop critical thinking, improve the academic achievement motivation, and promote the attitude towards serious creativity among a sample of gifted students with low academic achievement in Jazan, Saudi Arabia. The sample consisted of 18 gifted students enrolled in Prince Nasser bin Abdulaziz Center for the gifted, aged between (12-13) years with an average of (12.33) years and with a standard deviation of (1.22) degrees. The researcher used a training program based on the theory of successful intelligence. The researcher used many scales to measure the dependent variables of the study. The results of the study indicated that there are statistically significant differences between the pre and post-test of critical thinking and motivation towards academic achievement and the attitude towards serious creativity in the post-test (the best measurement). \u0000Keywords: Successful intelligence, Critical thinking, Trend towards serious creativity, Gifted students with low academic achievement, Academic achievement motivation.","PeriodicalId":413991,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal for Talent Development","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129563567","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amina Mohamed, جامعة الملك فهد للبترول والمعادن المملكة العربية السعودية, Alay Hamza
{"title":"Effectiveness of the Decision-Making Program in Developing the Psychological Happiness of the Students of the Faculty of Education, Al-Jouf University","authors":"Amina Mohamed, جامعة الملك فهد للبترول والمعادن المملكة العربية السعودية, Alay Hamza","doi":"10.20428/IJTD.9.17.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20428/IJTD.9.17.7","url":null,"abstract":"The study aimed at discovering the nature of the relationship between the ability to make decision and psychological happiness, the preparation of a program for the development of decision-making capacity, and the extent of the impact of the program on the development of decision-making ability and psychological happiness. A program of recreational activities consisting of (25) sessions was developed. It followed the experimental method, and represented the population of the study in the Faculty of Education. The sample of the study consisted of (100) students, to whom the study tools were administered. Then, (12) students, who scored the lowest scores, were selected to whom the program was administered. The researchers developed two data collection tools: a questionnaire to measure the decision-making capacity, consisting of (40) items, and a scale of psychological happiness, consisting of (65) items. In terms of statistical methods, the Pearson correlation coefficient was used and the T-test was used for the two groups. The study showed that there was a significant correlation between the decision-making and psychological happiness. There were significant differences between the two applications in favor of the post-application in the decision-making scale. There were also significant differences between the two applications in favor of the post-application in the psychological happiness scale. This indicates that the program is effective in improving the psychological happiness. \u0000Keywords: Decision-making, Psychological happiness, Guidance program.","PeriodicalId":413991,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal for Talent Development","volume":"18 10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123744742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bushra Al-Nedhary, كلية التربية بالتربة – جامعة تعز, Suliman Al-Mamary
{"title":"The Effectiveness of Using the Visual-Spatial Approach to Teach Physics on Developing Reflection Skills for Grade Ten Female Students, Al-Shamayatain District, Taiz Governorate","authors":"Bushra Al-Nedhary, كلية التربية بالتربة – جامعة تعز, Suliman Al-Mamary","doi":"10.20428/IJTD.9.17.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20428/IJTD.9.17.5","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this study was to identify the effectiveness of using the Visual-Spatial Approach (VSA) to teach physics and its effect on reflection skills of Grade 10 female students, Al-Shamayatain District, Taiz Governorate. To achieve the aims of this study and according to the VSA, the researchers prepared a guide to teach two units from the book of Physics of Grade 10 which are “Thermometry” and “The Effect of Heat on Objects”. To examine the students’ reflection skills, the researchers prepared a test consisting of 24 multiple choice items; the test was checked for its validity and reliability. The test was administered to a purposive sample of 85 students at Al-Khair School, Aza’iz village. The students were divided into two groups: the experimental group which consisted of 42 students and the control group which consisted of 43 students. The participants of the experimental group were taught the two units using the VSA, whereas the participants of the control group were taught the same units using the traditional method. The results showed that there were significant statistical differences at the level (α = 0.05) between the average scores of the two groups, in favor of the experimental group. This indicated that the VSA approach has an effect on reflection skills compared to the traditional one. Furthermore, the results showed that there were significant statistical differences between the average results of pre and posttests, in favor of the post test administered to the experimental group. Based on these results, it is recommended that the Visual-Spatial Approach be used to teach physics for secondary school students. It is also advised that Physics’ teachers should be trained to use this approach in teaching. \u0000Keywords: Visual-spatial approach, Teaching of physics, Reflection skills.","PeriodicalId":413991,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal for Talent Development","volume":"139 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124561604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
B. Hamadneh, كلية التربية – جامعة تعز، اليمن ،كلية التربية –جامعة نج السعودية
{"title":"Problems of Adapting to University Atmosphere among High Achievement Students at Najran University in Relation to some Variables","authors":"B. Hamadneh, كلية التربية – جامعة تعز، اليمن ،كلية التربية –جامعة نج السعودية","doi":"10.20428/IJTD.9.17.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20428/IJTD.9.17.8","url":null,"abstract":"The current study aimed to investigate the problems of adapting to university atmosphere among high achievement students at Najran University in relation to the variables of college, the academic year and the place of residence. The sample consisted of (141) students who were selected purposefully from the various faculties of the university, and they constituted (26%) of the original population. The questionnaire was used for data collection. The results showed that the overall mean of the problems of university adaptation was (2.87) of a medium rank. Economic problems, housing problems and academic and study problems scored the highest means of a medium rank. The results also showed statistically significant differences in the problems of university adjustment as a whole due to the effect of the college variable in favor of science colleges; to the variable of the academic year in favor of the first year students; and to the variable of residence in favor of the students residing in the campus. The study recommended that the Deanship of Student Affairs at the University adopt a comprehensive training program to reduce the problems of adapting to university among high achievement students. \u0000Keywords: University adaptation, Problems of university adaptation, High achievement students, Najran University. \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":413991,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal for Talent Development","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128084599","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Impact of Employing Blended Learning Strategy to Increase Tenth Grade Students’ Motivation towards Learning Biology in Jordan","authors":"Abeer Insaiw, الجامعة الاردنية","doi":"10.20428/IJTD.9.17.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20428/IJTD.9.17.6","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of using the blended learning strategy to increase the motivation of students in the tenth grade towards learning biology in Jordan. This study was limited to students of the tenth grade in northern Amman in the UNRWA schools in Jordan and applied to the Wadi Al-Seer Preparatory School in the second semester of the academic year 2016/2017. The study subjects were of two groups, experimental group and control group. The first group consisted of 17 members, whereas the second group consisted of 16 members. To achieve this objective, two tools were used after checking their validity and reliability. The tools were the educational material designed with the blended learning strategy and the motivation scale and the learning patterns. In order to answer the study questions, means, standard deviations and ANCOVA were calculated. The results showed there were statistically significant differences (α = 0.05) due to the effect of the teaching strategy on increasing the motivation of the experimental group, in favor of the blended learning strategy. However, there were no statistically significant differences (α = 0.05) due to the effect of interaction between the teaching strategy and learning patterns. In light of the results, a number of recommendations were presented, including the activation of the blended learning strategy in teaching biology due to its effectiveness in education. Teachers' attention should also be drawn to the need of using the blended learning strategy to benefit from its characteristics in enriching the curriculum with modern and advanced techniques. \u0000Keywords: Blended learning strategy, Motivation, Learning patterns.","PeriodicalId":413991,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal for Talent Development","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128367698","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effectiveness of a Cognitive Games-Based Program in Developing Creative Thinking of Kindergarten Children in Amman City","authors":"Sabah H. H. Al-Ajeely, Akram M. E. Dahamsheh","doi":"10.20428/ijtd.v9i1.1328","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20428/ijtd.v9i1.1328","url":null,"abstract":"The study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of a cognitive games-based program in developing creative thinking of KG children. The sample consisted of (49) 5-6 years old (male & female) children from two government KG schools in Amman. A pre-posttest quasi-experimental design was used. A follow-up test was also used with the control group. The design consisted of two groups: experimental (n=24), and control (n=25). To achieve the objective of the study, a program based on cognitive games was developed; and to measure the children’s creative thinking, the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking (Circles) was used. The results indicated that there were significant differences in the means of the creative thinking skills and total score between the experimental and control groups in favor of the first one. There was no significant effect of the interaction between gender and program variables in any of the creative thinking scores except of the originality score. There were also no significant differences in the means of the creative thinking scores between the post and follow-up test. According to the study results, the researchers concluded that the program developed for the study was effective in developing creative thinking for KG children, and recommended to use it in KG schools. \u0000Keywords: Cognitive games, Creative thinking, KG child.","PeriodicalId":413991,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal for Talent Development","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129382167","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. H. Al-Fulfuly, Azza Ghanem, Elham Yahya Al-mortada
{"title":"The Effect of the Kindergarten Education Quality on Developing Creative Thinking of First Primary Grade Pupils in Private Schools of the Capital – Sana'a – Yemen","authors":"H. H. Al-Fulfuly, Azza Ghanem, Elham Yahya Al-mortada","doi":"10.20428/ijtd.v9i1.1331","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20428/ijtd.v9i1.1331","url":null,"abstract":"This research aimed to investigate the effect of the kindergarten level, (i.e., high, medium, low) on the development of creative thinking amongst first primary grade pupils in the capital Sana'a- Republic of Yemen. The sample consisted of (150) pupils (75 males and 75 females) from grade one of primary stage in 28 private schools in Sana’a. The sample was purposely chosen equally from high, medium, and low level achievers. A data collection tool was developed, and checked for validity, to survey the kindergartens. The researchers used Torrance's test (Form B) for creative thinking, after obtaining its reliability by test-retest method. After analyzing the data statistically, the results revealed that there were statistically significant differences between the average scores of children who finished kindergartens with a high level and the average scores of children who finished kindergartens with a medium level in the creative thinking in favor of the high level. Also there were statistically significant differences between the average scores of children who finished kindergartens with a high level and the average scores of children who finished kindergartens with a low level in the creative thinking in favor of the high level. There were also statistically significant differences between the average scores of children who finished kindergartens with a medium level and the average scores of children who finished kindergartens with a low level in the creative thinking in favor of the medium level. In addition, the results showed no statistically significant differences between the average scores of children depending on the interaction between kindergarten level (low, medium and high) and gender (male and female) variables in terms of their impact on creative thinking. \u0000Keywords: Quality kindergarten education, Creative thinking, Private schools.","PeriodicalId":413991,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal for Talent Development","volume":"76 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116497162","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}