The Impact of Virtual Trips on Lateral Thinking and Middle School Student's Achievement
Najwa Abdulmunem Jasim Alnoori
Ban Hassan Majeed
Abstract
The current research aims to find the effect of virtual trips on lateral thinking and achievement of 1st-year intermediate school students in chemistry. So (65) female students studying in one of Baghdad's public schools were randomly selected as participants. The class was randomly divided into two groups, the experimental group which represented the Virtual Field Trip (VFT), consisting of (33) participating female students, and the control one, which consisted of (32). Researchers combined two research tools, the lateral thinking scale consisted of (30) items that included lateral thinking skills [thinking outside the box, critical analysis, creativity, orientation towards solutions]; and the achievement test consisted of (40) objective multiple-choice items with four alternatives. The results showed that the use of (VFT) enhanced the chemistry achievements, and recommended conducting more comprehensive educational experiments related to males to confirm the results of the study and expand the scope of this new education.