THE IMPACT OF THE EXPLORATION STRATEGY ON WRITING SKILLS AND LINGUISTIC INTELLIGENCE AMONG FIFTH-GRADE PRIMARY STUDENTS FOR "OUR ARABIC LANGUAGE COURSE

Abstract

This study aimed to know the impact of the exploration strategy on writing skills and linguistic intelligence among fifth grade students in "our Arabic language" course. The study sample consisted of (51) female students from fifth grade, from two schools in Na'our district that were chosen through purposive sampling , Where the study members were randomly divided into two experimental groups (25) female students, who studied by the exploration method, while the control group was (26) female students who studied by the traditional method. The researcher prepared a writing and a linguistic exam.
The study showed that : there were statistically significant differences at the level (0.05 = a) between the average scores of the control group and experimental group in linguistic intelligence tests and writing skills in favour of experimental group who studied by the exploration method. In the light of the results that the study concluded, some recommendations was made including: Adoption the exploration strategy in tackling students' weaknesses in language intelligence and writing skills, and training Arabic language teachers on how to use the exploration strategy.