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Arab World English Journal (AWEJ) Volume 16. Number 1, March 2025 Pp.439-450
Department of English, College of Education,
Al-Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq
Department of English, College of Education Ibn Rushd,
University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
The study aims to investigate the influence of the visual learning environment on the students’ analytical thinking skills. The study hypothesizes that there is no statistically significant difference between the mean score of the experimental group taught visual learning environment and that of the control group which is taught conventionally among students’ analytical thinking skills. The study offers an idea for improving students’ analytical thinking capacity based on a visual learning environment Three essential elements make up such a strategy: the student, the teacher, and the learning process. One of a teacher’s responsibilities is to monitor the learning process by figuring out how to enhance higher-order thinking abilities as effectively as possible. To achieve this aim, the study used a non-randomized pre-post-test experimental design. The evaluations of the students’ analytical thinking test produced the data. Consequently, two random groups are selected to take part in the experiment. The experiment group consists of (40) students using a visual learning environment, whereas the control group includes (40) students using a traditional approach. Additionally, the researcher used the analytical thinking skills exam to compare visual and conventional teaching methods, and they also gave the pretest and posttest analytical skills. According to performance analysis, using visual learning aids improved students’ capacity for analytical thinking. This research provides significant insights into the effect of the visual learning environment on students’ critical thinking skills. It forms a basis for future work in education and further investigations of visual-oriented learning strategies.
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Muaataz Riyadh Khalil is an Assist. instructor and holds a Master’s degree in Linguistics from UPM Malaysia and a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from UITM Malaysia. He has more than five years of experience in teaching at the University of Imam AL-Sadiq / English department. His interests in many topics as recognition and production skills, applied linguistics, psycholinguistics, discourse analysis, creative and critical thinking skills. ORCID ID: https://orci d.org/0009-0007-9528-8789
Elaf Riyadh Khalil is an Assistant Professor and holds a doctoral degree in Methods of ELT. She has more than 21 years of experience in teaching at the University of Baghdad / English department. Her interests are in many topics such as recognition and production skills, strategies and techniques in teaching and learning, psycholinguistics, discourse analysis, and creative and critical thinking skills. ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2613-6080