The Effectiveness of Qur'anic Stories in Developing Critical Thinking and Jurisprudential Concepts among Fourth-Grade Students in Islamic Education, Khan Yunis

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of using the Quranic story in enhancing critical thinking and improving the achievement of fourth-grade students in jurisprudence within the Islamic education subject in Palestine. To achieve this goal, the following questions were formulated: Are there differences at the level of (0.05) between the scores of students in the experimental group (which was trained using the Quranic story) and students in the control group (which was taught using the usual method) in the pre-application of the critical thinking test? Are there differences at the level of (0.05) between the average scores of students in the two groups in the post-application of the test to increase critical thinking? Are there differences at the level of (0.05) between the average scores of students in the experimental group in the pre- and post-application of the critical thinking test? Are there differences at the level of (0.05) between the average scores of the students of the experimental group and the students of the control group in the test of developing jurisprudential concepts? To answer these questions, the research tools were applied to a sample of (80) female students, divided into two groups: experimental and control, with (40) female students in each group. The researcher used in the statistical processing: the (T-test), the Spearman and Brown prediction equation, arithmetic means, standard deviations, percentages, and the Black equation for the adjusted gain ratio. The results of the study showed the followings: There are no statistically significant differences between the results of the pre-application of the experimental group and the control group. Moreover, there are statistically significant differences in the post-application in favor of the experimental group. In addition, there are differences between the pre- and post-applications of the experimental group in favor of the post-application. Also, there are no statistically significant differences in the achievement test between the experimental group and the control group. Finally, there are statistically significant differences in the use of the Qur’anic story in teaching Islamic education in favor of the degree after the experiment. These are strong, statistically significant relationships.