A Suggested Instructional Model Based on The Interaction Between

Sedeek, Saied

doi:10.21608/mktm.2022.109544.1030

A Suggested Instructional Model Based on The Interaction Between "sketch-to- stretch" Strategy and Mind Maps Strategy to Develop Cognitive Achievement, Visual Thinking Skills, and Motivation to Learn Science Among Gifted Students with Learning Disabilities in Preparatory Second Grades

Author

Saied Sedeek

Curriculum and Instruction Department, Faculty of Education, Aswan University.

10.21608/mktm.2022.109544.1030

Abstract

The current research aims at identifying the effectiveness of a suggested instructional model based on the interaction between "sketch-to- stretch" strategy and mind maps Strategy to develop cognitive achievement, visual thinking skills, and motivation to learn science among gifted students with learning disabilities in preparatory second grades. The sample of the research includes eleven students from the second stage of Preparatory school (Aswan – Egypt) who are selected according to the procedural definition for gifted students with learning disabilities in this research. The researcher uses: (1) the descriptive methodology in preparing the theoretical framework of the research and the experimental unit, which includes: student’s book, activity notebook, the teacher’s guide, tools of the research, and analyzing and explaining the results (2) the experimental methodology is used in the field part which represented in one sample group experimental design based on the pre and post measurement for dependent variables. The results showed the effectiveness of science teaching using a suggested instructional model in: cognitive achievement, visual thinking skills, and motivation to learn science. The research recommended the necessity for science curriculum planners for gifted students with learning disabilities in the Ministry of Education to adopt the a suggested instructional model when planning curricula in the various stages of education, and to provide various laboratory materials and tools and employ them to support their use of a suggested instructional model in teaching science, and to hold training programs for science inspectors and teachers in Preparatory and secondary schools

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Main Subjects

Teaching strategies.

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