The Effect of the (STAD) Strategy on the Achievement of Fifth-Grade Literary Female Students in Philosophy and Psychology, and the Development of Their Cognitive Curiosity

The aim of the present research is to examine the effect of the (STAD) strategy on the achievement of fifth-grade literary female students in the subjects of philosophy and psychology, and the development of their cognitive curiosity. The researcher adopted a partially controlled experimental design with two equivalent groups: an experimental group and a control group, which was deemed suitable for the current research. The researcher purposefully selected female students from the fifth literary grade at Al-Zuhur Secondary School for Girls in the Tikrit Education Department. Randomly, section (B) was chosen to be the experimental group, which was taught using the (STAD) strategy, while section (A) became the control group, taught using the traditional method. The research sample consisted of 62 students after excluding those who failed. The researcher determined the content to be taught, which included the two chapters from the philosophy and psychology textbook for the fifth literary grade. Based on this content, the researcher developed behavioral objectives across five levels and prepared 16 model lesson plans for both groups. The results were as follows: 1. There was a statistically significant difference at the 0.05 level between the mean scores of the experimental group and the control group in the achievement test, favoring the experimental group. 2. There was a statistically significant difference at the 0.05 level between the mean scores of the experimental group and the control group on the post-cognitive curiosity scale, favoring the experimental group. 3. There was a statistically significant difference at the 0.05 level in the mean differences between the pre-test and post-test scores of the experimental group on the cognitive curiosity scale, favoring the post-test. Based on the results, the researcher drew a set of conclusions, recommendations, and suggestions.