The Effectiveness of A Program Based on the Theory of Brain-based Learning in Teaching Social Studies to Develop High-order Thinking Skills and Self-efficacy Among Primary School Students.

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Curriculum and Instruction Department Faculty of Education - Benha University The Egyptian Arabic Republic

2 Curriculum and Instruction Department Faculty of Education - Aswan University The Egyptian Arabic Republic

Abstract

The current research aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a program based on the theory of brain-based learning in teaching social studies to develop high-ranking thinking skills and self-efficacy among primary school students. The descriptive approach and the experimental approach were used, and the problem of the current research was identified in the weakness of high-ranking thinking skills and self-efficacy among sixth graders of primary school. The program based on the theory of brain-based learning for the research group in the first semester of the academic year 2021 / 2022 AD, and both the test of high-ranking thinking skills and the measure of self-efficacy were subsequently applied to the research group, and the researchers found the effectiveness of the program based on the theory of brain-based learning in teaching Social studies in developing high-order thinking skills and self-efficacy among sixth-grade students S primary (research group), and Blake's adjusted gain was generally acceptable for high-ranking thinking skills and self-efficacy, and the impact of the program is generally high, and the researchers recommended the need to use brain-based learning theory in teaching social studies, And attention to the development of high-ranking thinking skills and self-efficacy among learners in the different educational stages.

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