English abstract
This study aimed to identify the effectiveness of a training program
based on creative thinking skills on the skill of asking questions among
Islamic education teachers in the North Al Batinah Governorate in the
Sultanate of Oman. The study sample consisted of 13 male and female
Islamic education teachers who teach the tenth grade of basic education in
the year for the 2022-2023 academic year. A class observation card was
applied to them to measure the extent to which they possessed the skills of
asking classroom questions consisting of 35 items, before and after the
training program, which was presented to them during the second semester.
The validity of the study material and its instrument was confirmed by
presenting it to a group of specialized judges. The stability of the study
instrument reached 0.85 according to the Pearson correlation coefficient. The
data was analyzed by extracting means, standard deviations, t-tests for
independent and correlated samples, and one-way analysis of variance. The
results of the study showed that there was a statistically significant difference
between the pre- and post-measurements in favor of the post-measurement,
which indicates the existence of an impact of the training program on Islamic
education teachers’ possession of all the skills of asking classroom questions.
However, the results also did not show any statistically significant
differences attributed to the gender variable. Based on the results of the
study, the researcher emphasized the need to train teachers on creative
thinking skills and question-asking skills.
