The effect of the REACT Strategy on the fulfilment of First-Year Intermediate Students in the Social Studies subject
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Abstract
The aim of the current research determines the effect of the REACT strategy on the achievement of first-year intermediate students in the social studies subjects. To achieve this objective, the researcher formulated the following hypothesis: There is no statistically significant difference at the 0.05 level between the mean scores of the experimental group, who studied social studies using the REACT strategy, and the mean scores of the control group, who studied using the traditional method.
The researcher adopted a quasi-experimental design, as it was more suitable for the research requirements. A purposive sample of first-year intermediate students at Al-Bahaa Secondary School was selected. The sample consisted of two groups:
- An experimental group consisted male and female of 32 students who studied social studies using the REACT strategy.
- A control group also consisted of 32 students who studied using the traditional method.
The experiment was conducted from October 4, 2025, to January 13, 2026, with two periods per week. Following the experiment, a two-item achievement test was used to measure the strategy's impact. The results showed statistically significant differences favoring the experimental group, with a mean score of 22.25 (standard deviation 5.9) and 62 degrees of freedom. In contrast, the control group's mean score was 17.90 (standard deviation 16.5) and 62 degrees of freedom. This indicates the superiority of the experimental group, who studied using the REAGT strategy, over the control group, who studied using the traditional method.
