The Effectiveness of Using SQ3R Strategy in Developing First-Year Secondary Female Students’ Critical Thinking Skills

Abstract

The current study aimed to identify the effectiveness of using SQ3R strategy in teaching Hadith and Islamic Culture Course to develop first-year secondary female students’ critical thinking skills. To achieve this aim, the study used the quasi-experimental approach. The study sample consisted of (47) first-year secondary female students, Baqaa Governorate, Department of Education in the Hail. They were distributed into two groups: experimental and control. The study used the critical thinking scale tool in Sharia Sciences. A teacher’s guide and a student’s book were prepared. The main results indicated that there is a statistically significant difference, at (0.05) level, between the mean scores of the experimental group students and the control group ones in the post-scale in developing thinking skills critic, in favor of the experimental group.