THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ZAHORIK MODEL IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF FOURTH-GRADE LITERARY STUDENTS IN GEOGRAPHY

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of the Zahorik model in the topic of Geography among fourth grade pupils in the literary branch of the subject. In order to achieve the aims of the study The researcher put the following null hypothesis: In the achievement test, there is no statistically significant difference between the average marks of the experimental group students who study the same subject according to the Zahorik model and the average marks of the control group students who study the same subject according to the regular method at the (0.05) level of statistical significance. The researcher followed the experimental design with partial control and the experimental and control groups, the researcher chosen the secondary and the preparatory  morning schools that belong to the General Directorate of Education in Annajaf  Province and in the random method  Alkindi Preparatory school for boys has been selected to apply the experiment in it, two sections from the fourth grade literary branch have been randomly chosen from four sections, in the same method the section (A) is determined to represent the experimental group, and (D) section  to represent the control group, the number of the students in the sample reached (63) students, equivalence had been made between the two groups of the study in the variables of (the chronic age calculated in months, Intelligence test, the Educational Qualification of the Parents) And the researcher has formulated (154)  objectives and prepared the study plans that reached (21) plan per group in the light of the requirements of the study, later the researcher has made a test of (60) testing items in form of multiple choice in accordance with the nature of the study, the test was applied after the end of the experiment that lasted for one full academic semester commencing from Tuesday 22-2-2019 to the end of Sunday 10-4-2019, and after the statistical treatments the following results were attained: There is statistical significance between the two groups of the study in the achievement test, and as a result, the null hypothesis is rejected, and the substitutional null hypothesis is accepted, which demonstrated the superiority of the experimental group over the control group, as a result of the positive effect of using the Zahorik model in geography teaching and its effect on achievement in the study. In addition the researcher has recommended using the Zahorik model in teaching the Geography subject for the fourth years students in the literary branch of preparatory schools. Moreover suggested to conduct similar studies of the current study in other subject studies as well as proceeding in similar study to identify the effectiveness of the model Zahorik in other variables like the creative and organizational thinking.