The effect of the Bybee model on the acquisition of geographical concepts among second-year intermediate students

The aim of the research is to identify:The effect of the Bybee model on the acquisition of geographical concepts among second-grade intermediate students.The research community was represented in the morning secondary and intermediate government schools for boys in the Department of Urban Education, and the research sample consisted of (68) students from the second intermediate students, the first semester (2023_2024) randomly selected from the research community, the experimental group included (33) students and the officer (35) students, Tool: Geographical Concept Acquisition Test prepared by the researcher The tool consists of (30) items in its final form for (10) key geographical concepts.After preparing the teaching plans and the tool, the experiment was applied in the first semester (2023_2024), the experiment began on Sunday (8/10/2023) and ended Thursday (12/28/2023), and the experiment lasted a full semester and four lessons per week, and after the experiment was completed, the tool was applied to the sample students. After correcting the students' answers to the tool, the researcher collected the data and determined it using statistical means according to the statistical program SPSS and the results:_ There is a statistically significant difference at the level of (0.05) between the average degrees of acquisition of geographical concepts for students of the experimental group that is taught according to the Bybee model and students of the control group that is taught according to the usual method in favor of the experimental. The researcher came out with conclusions and recommendations: the use of the Bybee model led to an increase in the acquisition of geographical concepts by second-grade students compared to the usual method, and inviting the Directorate of Preparation and Training in the General Directorate of Nineveh Education to conduct training courses and scientific seminars for geography teachers.