The Effect Of The Inside And Outside The Circle Strategy On The Achievement Of First-Year Intermediate Female Students In The Subject Of Biology And Deductive Thinking

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to determine how first-year intermediate school biology students' deductive reasoning is impacted by the inside and outside the circle strategies. The research sample of first-intermediate female students at Al-Rifaa Girls' Secondary School was comprised of two sections (C and D) that were selected at random from nine middle and secondary schools in Babylon that are affiliated with the General Directorate of Education for the academic year 2023–2024. In terms of the factors (chronological age expressed in months, IQ exam, past accomplishment test, and deductive reasoning test), the researcher balanced the two groups in the present study. Seventy-one female students made up the research sample. They were split into two groups: thirty-four students in the experimental group, who will study using a strategy both inside and outside the circle, and thirty-six students in the control group, who will follow standard protocol. The first three units from the biology textbook were among the scientific materials that the researcher recommended should be taught. Following the establishment of parity between the two groups, the researcher created the application criteria for each group for the first intermediate grade. Following the experiment's completion, the researcher used her study instruments on the two groups to collect data and analyze it using a t-test. The results demonstrated the experimental group's advantage over the control group, which was examined using the inside-and-outside-the-circle deductive reasoning technique.