THE EFFECT OF EMPLOYING THE STRATEGIES OF CIRCULAR DEBATE AND RANDOM INPUT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF POSITIVE THINKING IN THE SUBJECT OF GEOGRAPHY FOR LITERARY FIFTH-GRADE STUDENTS

Abstract

This study aimed to uncover the effect of employing the two strategies of circular debate and random approach in developing positive thinking in geography among fifth-grade literary students.To achieve the goal of the study, the researcher prepared the positive thinking scale, which consists of (38) paragraphs distributed over the five dimensions, namely (positive expectations towards the future, positive participation, positive self-concept, satisfaction with life, positive flexibility), and after making sure of its validity by ten arbitrators. And from its stability using the (Alpha - Cronbach) equation, which reached (0.80), and the researcher used the statistical methods - mono variance - the Schiffhe test 2 and Chi-2 square. The results showed:

1- The students of the first experimental group that studied with the ring-based strategy were superior to the students of the control group that studied the same subject in the traditional way.

2- The students of the first experimental group that studied with the ringed debate strategy outperformed the students of the control group that studied the same subject in the traditional way.

3- The students of the first experimental group that studied with the ring-based debate strategy outperformed the students of the control group that studied the same subject in the traditional way.