The effect of an enrichment program based on next generation science standards (NGSS) on developing critical thinking and deep understanding among gifted students in third-grade intermediate with different brain dominance patterns

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curricula and teaching methods in science education, Taif university, KSA.

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The present study aimed to reveal the effect of an enrichment programme based on the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) on developing critical thinking skills and deep understanding among gifted students in third-grade intermediate with different brain dominance patterns. The experimental approach was used to achieve the goal of this study, and the sample consisted of (72) students distributed equally into an experimental group and a control group. Different tools were used in this study consisted of critical thinking test, deep understanding test, and brain dominance patterns scale. Several results were drawn from the data as follows:  1- There was a statistically significant difference at the level (0.05) between the mean scores of the students of the experimental and control groups in the post measurement of the critical thinking skills test and the deep understanding test, in favor of the experimental group.  2- There was no statistically significant difference at the level (0.05) for the students of the experimental group in the post measurement of the critical thinking skills test and the deep understanding test attributed to the brain dominance patterns.  3- There was a statistically significant correlation between the total score of the critical thinking skills test and the deep understanding test in the post measurement of the students of the experimental group and the control group. A set of recommendations and suggestions were included in this study based on the results that have been reached, which may develop the educational process of science education.
 

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