Students’ Attitudes Towards the Thinking Hand Strategy and its Effect on Developing the Summarization Skill in Arabic

Abstract

The study aimed to determine the role of the Thinking Hand strategy in developing Arabic summarization skills and identifying students' attitudes toward it in the first cycle of basic education. A quasi-experimental and descriptive approach was employed. The study's tools included a cognitive achievement test, a monitoring card, and a questionnaire measuring students' attitudes toward using the Thinking Hand strategy. An experimental sample of 30 male and female students was selected, along with a control sample of the same number from the same school, Anas Mahmoud Sunqar School in the Syrian city of Salamiyah. The tools were administered pre- and post-tests to the sample. The study reached several conclusions, most notably: The Thinking Hand strategy plays a role in developing Arabic summarization skills among students in the first cycle of basic education, and students expressed interest and comfort in using it.

The study presented several recommendations, the most important of which were: increasing the level of use of the Thinking Hand strategy and employing it to develop the Arabic summarization skill students need while studying Arabic.