Question Analysis of Preparatory History Textbook in Concordance with the Skills of Divergent Thinking

Prof. Dr. Haider Hatim Al-Ajerish, Asst.; AL-Jubory, A; Dr. Mohammed Daya, Prof.; Hamza Khalil, Atheer

	Question Analysis of Preparatory History Textbook in Concordance with the Skills of Divergent Thinking
AL-AMEED JOURNAL
Article 1, Volume 7, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 135-184
Authors
Asst. Prof. Dr. Haider Hatim Al-Ajerish; a AL-Jubory; Prof. Dr. Mohammed Daya; Atheer Hamza Khalil
Abstract
This research aims to analyze the question of the preparatory history textbooks in light of the skills of divergent thinking and suggestions to develop them. To achieve such an angle the researcher starts studying some issues of thinking skills .The researcher prepares a list about the divergent skills as the nineteenth skills . ,then presents them to many experts and specialists in the textbooks and methodology . The researcher began to analyze the questions of the last chapter in the history textbook of the High Schools according to the divergent thinking. To ensure that the reliability of the analysis, the researcher uses analysis and Cooper equation, the coefficient of stability as (92.5%) and (83.01%) and employs the repetitions and percentages of the thinking : divergent skills to get the result . The results show the following : (sensitivity of problems) about (34) repetitions (23.28%) ,the Ideational Fluency about (30) repetitions ,(20.54%) , (Elaboration) (28) repetitions with (19.17%) , (18) repetitions about (12.32%) , skill of the (mental continuity) with (11) repetitions about(7.53%) , the skill of Time (6) repetitions with percentage reached (4.10%) with percentage reached (3.42%) , the skill of carefulness in dealing with spontaneous flexibility (5) repetitions with percentage (3.42%) . However the following skills reach (4) repetitions with percentage (2.73%) : (adaptive flexibility and historical time continuity ) (2) repetitions and (1.36%) percentage is the skill of (imagination) the skill with one repetition and percent (0.68%), the logical continuity, focusing and transformation ) does not trace any repetition that means the repetitions are (zero) with (zero%) percentage the skills of (word fluency, associational fluency, expressional fluency, figural fluency, and originality ) In term of the results of the research, the researcher broaches some conclusions, recommendations and suggestions.

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