The Effect of the Hot Seat Strategy on Female Students’ Achievement and Attitudes Towards Geography

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of the hot seat strategy on female students’ achievement and attitudes towards geography. A quasi-experimental experiment was designed and implemented, specifically a pre test post test- control-group design with a quantitative approach. The study sample consisted of 50 second middle school students, Bagdad, Iraq . According to the T-test analysis, there were differences between treatment and control groups in academic achievement as well as in attitudes towards Geography in post- test mean scores in favor of the treatment group. This shows the effectiveness of the hot seat strategy intervention.

Keywords

• the hot seat strategy, female students, achievement ,attitudes towards geography