Gregoric's Thinking Styles Among Middle School Students and its Relationship to Some Variables
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The current research aims to identify Gregoric's thinking styles among middle school students and the differences in their thinking styles according to both the gender variable (males - females) and specialization (scientific literary) In order to achieve the objectives of the research, the researchers adopted the test of thinking methods for Gregoric, which was translated by (Abu Khumra, 2011) consisting of (15) position and each position (4) alternatives (a, b, c, d) as extracted its honesty and stability, and the researchers applied the test to the research sample, which was selected in a stratified random manner and consisting of (300) male and female students from the fourth and fifth grade of middle school students, while the statistical methods used in the research are (percentage, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and T-test for one sample and two independent samples) The results showed that middle school students have all methods of thinking and to varying degrees, their use of methods was respectively: the method of thinking physical sequential and then abstract sequential and then physical random and finally abstract random, as the researchers found that the methods of thinking vary according to gender, where males are characterized as the most used methods of thinking material sequential and then abstract sequential and then physical random and finally abstract random, while females have been characterized by the use of methods of thinking material sequential and then abstract Sequential and then abstract random and finally physical random, as they found that the methods of thinking vary according to the specialization, as the scientific specialization was characterized by the use of methods of thinking material sequential and then physical random and then abstract sequential: and finally abstract random, and distinguished students of literary specialization using methods of thinking methods of thinking methods of material thinking sequential and then abstract random and then abstract sequential and finally material random, as the researchers reached a number of recommendations and proposals
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