The research aims to identify the level of social skills, mental habits
among a sample of the seventh grade in the province of Damascus students,
and to identify the relationship between social skills and mental habits level
of research sample, as
well as the study of the differences among
respondents in social skills and mental habits according to gender, it reached
number research sample (655) students from public schools the province of
Damascus, has been using two measures: the scale Ghoul (1993), social
skills, and the measure of mental habits, prepared by the researcher, and
after verifying of validity and reliability.
The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of a training
program on developing the mathematical thinking in mathematics
achievement and retention of seventh grade students. To achieve this
purpose a study sample of (182) male and femal
e students was selected
from the seventh grade. This sample was divided into four groups. Two
groups were randomly chosen to be the experimental groups that studied
the training program which aimed at developing types and
skills of mathematical thinking.