Evaluating Female Teachers’ Performance against the Supporting Strategies of Enquiry included in Science Textbooks (McGraw-Hill Series) in Elementary Schools.

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1 Professor of Scientific Education - Saudi Arabia - Qassim University

2 Master of Curricula and Methods of Teaching Science.

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This study aims to identifying female science teachers’ level of application of the supported strategies of enquiry included in (McGraw-Hill Series) science textbooks in elementary school. In addition, it identifies to what extent female science teachers are different in applying the supporting strategies with regard to years of experience and educational grade. Descriptive survey methodology was adapted in this study and it consisted of (35) female science teachers in public elementary schools in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and it was a random cluster. Investigation card has been to collect the data. The study concluded that female science teachers’ application level of the supported strategies of Enquiry included in (McGraw-Hill Series) elementary science textbooks was low, with a mean of (2.296). The level of applying other strategies was weak as follows: raising students’ motivation for achievement, learning strategy by using study strategies, using prior knowledge to learn new information, training on practice key activities, and finally develop strategies for reading and comprehension. Based on the study results, both researchers presented a number of recommendations for those who are responsible of successful application of science curriculum in the elementary stage.

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