The availability of some research skills among students of the faculty of education in the scientific research method course A field study at the faculty of education at Latakia University

Abstract

The current research aimed to identify the extent to which certain research skills are available among students of the College of Education in the Scientific Research Methods course. descriptive method was used, and to achieve the research objectives, the researcher prepared a scientific research skills test for skills: (the skill of determining and formulating the title, writing the introduction, determining and formulating the problem, determining and formulating the objectives, formulating questions, formulating hypotheses, and determining the research methodology and procedures). The sample consisted of (50) first-year students in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, who were selected purposively. The results that the students' research skills were at a low level, with an overall mean score of (65.56). The skills (title, introduction, problem, and objectives) were at a moderate level, while the skills (questions, hypotheses, and determining the methodology and procedures) were at a low level. Based on the results, the researcher emphasized the need to rely on teaching methods that Modern approaches related to research methodologies, through the activation of diverse training activities and working papers instead of research seminars.