@article{MAKHILLTSS20138522448,
    title = {The Effectiveness of Using Six Hats Strategy to Improve Reading Comprehension for the Eighth Grade Students in Communication Skills Book in Jordan},
    journal = {The Social Sciences},
    volume = {8},
    number = {5},
    pages = {421-436},
    year = {2013},
    issn = {1818-5800},
    doi = {sscience.2013.421.436},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1818-5800&doi=sscience.2013.421.436},
    author = {Haytham Ali Ibrahim},
    keywords = {Strategy,six hats,reading comprehension,8th grade,communication skills,teaching,learning,thinking},
    abstract = {This study aimed to show the effectiveness of using six hats 
  strategy to improve reading comprehension for the 8th grade students in communication 
  skills book in Jordan. Specifically, the study answered the following questions: 
  Are there any statistically significant differences at the level of significance 
  (α = 0.05) in the reading comprehension for the 8h grade students attributed 
  to the teaching method (based on the six hats and regular)? Are there any statistically 
  significant differences at the level of significance (α = 0.05) in the 
  reading comprehension for the 8th grade students due to gender (male or female)? 
  Are there significant differences at the level of significance (α = 0.05) 
  in the reading comprehension for the 8th grade students due to the interaction 
  between the teaching method (based on the six hats strategy) and gender (male 
  or female)? The subject of the study consisted of the 8th grade students in 
  the schools affiliated with the education department in the banner of the university 
  in the 1st semester of the academic year 2012/2013 and the sample of the study 
  consisted of 102 students from 8th grade students in the schools affiliated 
  with the education department in the banner of the university/capital. They 
  distributed in 4 classes, 2 for males and 2 for females, they were (51) girls 
  and boys in the 2 classes from (waht almaali) school and they were (51) girls 
  and boys in the 2 classes from (university of Jordan) school, they distributed 
  by simple random into 2 groups: 1 for males and 1 for females in the experimental 
  group (taught by six hats strategy) and 2 in the control group (taught according 
  to the traditional method). The researcher developed a test in the levels of 
  reading comprehension, he sure of the degree in validity and reliability by 
  statistical processes, the validity of the test was appeared from arbitrators 
  and specialists notes and from verified properties psychometric paragraphs which 
  was over 40 which acceptable for the purposes of this study. The reliability 
  of the reading comprehension test was 82 which acceptable for the purposes of 
  this study. Implementing the post and pre achievement test in reading comprehension 
  and analyzing the data and using suitable statistical processes in order to 
  answer the study questions.}
    }