The Impact Of Instruction Scaffolding Strategy In The Development Of Thinking Skills Beyond The Cognitive And Decision-Making To The Students Of The First Grade Average In The Material History Of Ancient Civilizations

Abstract

This research aims at showing the effect of teaching abut ment strategy in developing beyond- cognitive thinking skills and decision-making to girl students of the first secondary school at History. As such, This research is limited to a group of first secondary stage girl students of governmental schools in Baquba and to the first threechapters of history in accordance to the syllabus of the ministry of education.The researcher had used the exprimental programme of the partial control and the exprimental and control groups in the pre-test and post –test as they suit this research and accomplish its aims. The researcher also measured some variables like intelligence test, lifetime of girl students measured in months, the academic background of students' fathers and mothers, decision-making test and the test of beyond-cognitive thinking skil.