The Effect of the Web Quest Strategy in Developing Critical Thinking and Achievement of the Students of the Educational Sciences Faculty (UNRWA) in Teaching a Thinking Course

Abstract

The study aimed at investigating the effect of the long and
short-term Web Quest strategy on improving the Educational
Sciences Faculty students’ critical thinking and achievement in the
teaching of Thinking Course. The study sample consisted of 90 ESF
students distributed among three groups. The first experimental
group were taught using the long-term web quest strategy, the
second experimental group were taught using the short-term web
quest strategy, whereas the control group were taught using
traditional teaching methods. The Critical Thinking Test and an
achievement test were administered as two post tests. The ANCOVA
analysis was administered to test the two hypotheses of the study.
Results of the study revealed that there were statistically significant
differences in favour of the first experimental group followed by the
second experimental group. The study also revealed that there were
statistically significant differences in favour of the first experimental
group as with regards to improving their achievement, then in favour
of the second group in comparison with the control group.