Effect of Brainstorming Strategy on Balqa Applied University’s Students’ Achievement in the Course “E 101” and Its Relation to Some Variables

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of Brain Storming Strategy in Balqa Applied University’s students’ achievement in the course “E 101”. The study applied the quasi- experimental approach. The population of this study consists of 1300 male and female students in the first semester of the academic year 2013-2014. The sample  of the study  which  was chosen randomly , consisted of  68 male and female students and it was divided into two groups;   as   experimental group (34 studied using brain storming strategy)  and the  control group that learns traditionally. An achievement exam was used to measure the students’ achievement with reliability (0.80).     The results of the study showed there were  statistically significant differences between the means of the  (α ≤ 0.05) in the  Balqa Applied University’s students’ achievement  in the course “ E101”    due to the two groups at method of teaching in favor of brainstorming strategy  and to the  gender in favor of females. Results also revealed that there were   no statistically significant differences between the means of the two groups due to the interaction between the   method of teaching and gender variables. The researcher came up with some recommendations.

Keywords: brainstorming strategy, Balqa Applied University, achievement.