The effect of the cube strategy on developing visual thinking among female students in the second intermediate grade of the Holy Qur’an and Islamic education

The effect of the cube strategy on developing visual thinking among female students in the second intermediate grade of the Holy Qur’an and Islamic education

Section: Article
Issue
Vol. 5 No. 20.3 (2025): Volume 5 / Special Issue (Extracted Research Papers 1)
Pages
55-80

Keywords:

Strategy - The Cube - Visual Thinking - Female Students - The Holy Quran

Abstract

The research aims to identify “the effect of the (Cube) strategy in developing visual thinking among female students in the second intermediate grade of the Holy Qur’an and Islamic Education.” A sample of female students in the second intermediate grade in the Mosul District Center for the academic year (2023-2024) was intentionally selected from schools in the Mosul District. Two schools: (Al-Rumah Middle School for Girls and Shining Path Secondary School for Girls). The two research groups were chosen from these two schools randomly by drawing method. The sample consisted of (75) students who were distributed into two groups: the first experimental group included (39) students who studied according to the (cube) strategy, and the second A control group included (36) students who studied the subject according to the usual method, where the researcher used an experimental design with two groups  The experimental group was taught according to the cube strategy, while the control group was taught in the usual method followed by the subject school. To achieve the goal of the research, it was required to build a visual thinking test,

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Authors

Ziyad Abdul Ilah Abdul Razzaq 2

University of Mosul / College of Education for Human Sciences / Department of Holy Quran Sciences and Islamic Education / Iraq - Mosul 1,2

Ziyad Abdul Ilah Abdul Razzaq 2

University of Mosul / College of Education for Human Sciences / Department of Holy Quran Sciences and Islamic Education / Iraq - Mosul 1,2

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DOI: 10.33899/4rjd3p45

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The effect of the cube strategy on developing visual thinking among female students in the second intermediate grade of the Holy Qur’an and Islamic education: The effect of the cube strategy on developing visual thinking among female students in the second intermediate grade of the Holy Qur’an and Islamic education. (2025). Journal of Education for the Humanities , 5(20.3), 55-80. https://doi.org/10.33899/4rjd3p45
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The effect of the cube strategy on developing visual thinking among female students in the second intermediate grade of the Holy Qur’an and Islamic education: The effect of the cube strategy on developing visual thinking among female students in the second intermediate grade of the Holy Qur’an and Islamic education. (2025). Journal of Education for the Humanities , 5(20.3), 55-80. https://doi.org/10.33899/4rjd3p45