The Effectiveness of Blended Learning in Developing Secondary School Students’ Islamic Culture Concepts and Higher-Order Thinking Skills

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of blended learning developing Islamic culture concepts and higher-order thinking skills amon second-year secondary school students. A quasi-experimental resear design (pre–post test design for the experimental and the control group). Th sample was (68) students, the experimental group was (36) students, and th control group was (32) students from the “Eighteenth School”. The resear tools were the Islamic culture concepts test and the higher-order thinkin skills test. The results demonstrated the effectiveness of blended learning developing Islamic culture concepts and higher-order thinking skills. T study recommended the necessity of using a blended learning model develop Islamic culture concepts and enhance higher-order thinking skills students.