The effect of Al-Madinah program on Critical Thinking of Talented Students In Jordan

This study aimed at assessing the role of the Al-Madinah Program in enhancing the critical thinking of talented students. This study used quasi-experimental methodapproaches was used to examine the effect of the Al-Madinah Program on critical thinking. 40 talented students consisting of seventh, eighth, and ninth graders were surveyed from the KATS School in Madabah, Jordan. The sampled fourty talented students were divided equally into two groups; control and experimental. The control group received the regular enrichment program that was adopted by the Jordanian Ministry of Education while the experimental group received Al-Madinah Program. watson tests was adopted to assess the students’ critical thinking in the pre and post application of the regular enrichment program and Al-Madinah Program. The findings showed a significance difference between the control and experimental groups (after intervention) with regards to the development of the critical thinking of the talented students. Also, the findings indicated that the talented thinking abilities were significantly enhanced after the application of Al-Madinah Program. This study confirmed that critical thinking can be enhanced through specialized programs directed at the development of criticalthinking