The aim of the research is to identify the effectiveness of an teaching
program based on the model of generative learning in development of
educational achievement of students in the third grade in Damascos. The
research was based on the experimen
tal method, where the five-lesson
teaching program was applied to a sample of third-grade students in science.
And the application of a study achievement test of twenty questions in the
science. The number of the sample of the research(70) students and students,
divided into two groups, an experimental group consisting of(35) students
and students, from the school Samh bin Malek learned according to the
model of generative learning and the birth of a group of(35) students and
students from the school of Mohammad Alashmar learned according to the
followed methods.
The research tries to define the most important social factors which contribute to the decline of educational achievement in the schools of the first phase of the basic education stage. These factors have been clarified through a theoretical study an
d a field study that was conducted in Lattakia city in the academic year (2011-2012). The theoretical study includes an explanation of the concept of social upbringing of the children, and the educational role that the family plays in the student’s life via the surrounding environment, and the methods of upbringing. The research also shows the importance of social relations at school between the teacher and students, the relation among friends at school in general and the influence of these relations on the students’ achievement. It yielded many results as to the social factors which contribute to the decline of educational achievement, the most prominent of which are: the low social level of the family; separation within the family; incorrect methods of upbringing; the negative effect of the television; abnormal relations with the friends; the passive character of some teachers.
