The impact of the hands and minds strategy on the achievement of fourth-grade middle school students in the Holy Quran and Islamic education and the development of their future thinking
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Based on the role of the Holy Qur’an and Islamic education in general
and its importance for fourth year middle school students in particular, and its role in developing their future thinking, the research seeks to shed light on the impact of the hands and minds strategy on fourth year middle school students in the Holy Qur’an and Islamic education. And develop their future thinking. In order to achieve this goal, the research relied on the application of the experimental method, and therefore two groups were designed, a control and an experimental group. The study continued from 1/10/2024 to 12/25/2024, in the context of the first unit of the book for the fourth grade of middle school in Iraq. The main hypothesis stated that applying the hands and minds strategy has a moral impact on the achievement of fourth grade middle school students in the Holy Qur’an and Islamic education and contributes to developing their future thinking. The results showed that using the hands and minds strategy had a significant impact on students’ achievement in the Holy Qur’an and Islamic education, as well as on developing their abilities in future thinking. Therefore, the research recommends the necessity of adopting and relying on the application of the theory of hands and minds in the context of religious education to improve students’ performance and develop their future thinking.
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