The effectiveness of the islamization of science curriculum on students' acquisition of science processes and increase motivation towards learning science

Abstract

The current study investigates the effectiveness of the Islamization of the science curriculum in developing students' science processes and enhancing their motivation towards learning science. Science Quotes from the Holy Qur’an were used to frame the process of re-designing the science curriculum to be consistent with the Islamized curriculum. The study employed an experimental research design. The sample of the study is 30 Jordanian seventh-grade students who were selected randomly. The students were divided into two groups. The control group studied the official curriculum of science and re-designed the science curriculum was taught for the experimental group to be consistent with the Islamic point of view. A pre-test to measure students' science processes, and a measure of their motivation towards learning science. The researcher extracted examples of science processes from the Holy Qur’an and benefited from them in re-designing the science curriculum to be consistent with the Islamization of curricula. The results showed that the proposed science curriculum had a significant and positive impact on students' acquisition of science processes, and increased their motivation towards learning science.