The Effect of distance learning on scientific thinking skills among students of the College of Education at the University of Jordan amidst the outbreak of COVID-19

Abstract

This study aimed to know the effect of distance learning on scientific thinking skills of
students enrolled in the College of Education at the University of Jordan during the
outbreak of the Corona virus in Jordan. The study sample included (369) male and
female students from the College of Education who are registered in the first
semester of the academic year 2021/2022 at the University of Jordan. They were
chosen by simple random method. To achieve the objectives of the study, the
correlative descriptive approach along with This study aimed to know the effect of
distance learning on scientific thinking skills among students of the College of
Education at the University of Jordan during the spread of the Corona virus in
Jordan. The study sample consisted of (369) male and female students from the
College of Education who are registered in the first semester of the academic year
2021/2022 at the University of Jordan. They were chosen by simple random method.
To achieve the objectives of the study, the correlative descriptive approach along
with the Scientific Thinking Skills Scale were used. The validity and reliability of the
scale were verified and then applied to the study sample.
The results of the study reflected that the students' thinking skills recorded a low
degree. Moreover, the degrees of skills tool the following order: (the skill of defining
the problem, the skill of testing the validity of the hypothesis, the skill of setting
hypotheses, the skill of interpretation, and in the last place came the skill of
generalization). The results also indicated that there were no statistically significant
differences at the level (α = 0.05) between individuals' responses to each of the skills
(defining the problem, testing the validity of the hypothesis, generalization) due to
the difference in the gender variable and the different years of study