The Effectiveness of the Merle-Tenson Model in Acquiring Literary Concepts Among Fourth-Grade Literary Students

This study aims to identify the effectiveness of the Merle-Tenson model in acquiring literary concepts among fourth-grade literary students. To achieve the study’s goal, the researcher adopted an experimental design with partial control, which is the design of a non-randomly selected control group with a post-test. The research sample consisted of (59) students from the fourth literary grade at Saad bin Abi Waqas Intermediate School for Boys, affiliated with the Anbar Education Directorate. The school was chosen intentionally, and the two research samples (experimental and control) were appointed by random drawing. Section (B) represented the experimental group, which had (31) students who studied the Merrill-Tenson model, and Section (A) represented the control group, which had (28) students who studied the traditional method. The researcher rewarded the two groups in the variables (chronological age calculated in months, Arabic language grades for the previous academic year, parents’ academic achievement, and the Hanmon-Nelson Intelligence Test for mental ability). The researcher taught the two research groups himself, to avoid affecting the course of the experiment. The researcher built the research tool, which was represented by a test of literary concepts in the subject of literature and texts for the fourth literary grade. The researcher used the statistical package program (SPSS) to analyze the data he obtained from the experiment, to reach results. The research showed that there was a positive difference in the arithmetic averages in favor of the experimental group.