The Effect of the Round House Strategy on Acquiring Geographical Concepts for Fourth-grade Literary Pupils and Developing their Effective Communication

Abstract

The current research aims to identify (the effect of the round house strategy in acquiring geographical concepts for fourth-grade literary pupils and developing their effective communication). This sample Andalusia for girls was randomly divided into two groups, one of them was an experimental group that included (32) male and female students who studied geography using the circular house strategy, and the other was a control group consisting of (33) male and female students, who studied the same material in the traditional way. Which:(Chronological age of students in months, educational level of parents, measure of effective communication).The researchers identified the topics studied during the experiment, which included the first, second and third chapters of the geography book for the fourth literary grade to be taught for the academic year (2019-2020) in the Republic of Iraq. The first test was the Geographical Concepts Acquisition Test consisting of (13) items, and its validity, stability and distinction were verified, as well as conducting statistical analyzes of its paragraphs. The results showed that the experimental group outperformed the control group in the test of concept acquisition and the effective communication scale.