1University of Babylon, College of Basic Education, Department of Post-Graduate Studies, Iraq
*Corresponding Author: Hawraa Hafudh Kareem, University of Babylon, College of Basic Education, Department of Post-Graduate Studies, Iraq Email: hawrhafudh@gmail.com
Online published on 11 July, 2019.
This study aims to identify the effect of creative writing instruction on FOCUS strategy in developing the habits of the mind for the Fifth grade students. In order to achieve the goal, the researcher put the zero hypothesis, which states: There is no statistically significant difference at the level of significance (0.05) among the average of the students of the experimental group, the average score of the students of the control group who will study according to the usual method in the test habits of the mind, and to verify the application of her experience in the first half of the academic year (2018–2019). The sample consisted of (65) students of the Fifth grade in Al-A'MIL secondary school, they distributed randomly, (33) students in the experimental group and (32) students of the control group. The two groups were rewarded in the following variables: age, IQ, and linguistic ability test. The researcher prepared a measure of the habits of the mind based on Costa & Kellick, 2005, the researcher constructed the paragraphs of the habits of the mind in the form of positions and each position containing four alternatives to answer and the number of positions sixteen positions.
FOCUS Strategy, fifth grade students, habits of mind, development
