Effectiveness of Applying Inquiry Strategy on the Achievement of Ninth Grade Students in Arabic Language Grammars in Petra: Jordan

Abstract

The aim of the present study is to explore the effectiveness of using the inquiry strategy in the achievement of ninth grade students in Arabic grammar. The study sample consisted of (120) regular students from ninth grade in the Directorate of Education for the District of Petra, of whom (60) male students from the school (Wadi Musa primary school), and (60) female students from (Asma bint Abi Bakr Secondary mixed school). They were chosen randomly and divided into two groups, the first group (experimental) applied inquiry strategy while the other was control, taught by the traditional way. Thus, the number of groups is (4) groups, the first males group, experimental (30) students, and the second group, males control (30) students, and the third females, experimental (30) students, and the fourth females, control    and number (30) Student. The results showed that there were statistically significant differences due to the teaching method and in favor of t experimental group. This means that the inquiry method results were higher than the traditional way of Arabic grammar teaching. The results also showed that there is a statistically significance for gender and in favor of female compared to male students. The results did not show statistically significant differences in the interaction between the variables of gender and the teaching method.

Key words: education, inquiry, learning strategy, human sciences, stimulate learner thinking, Arabic grammar.