The effect of a Proposed Training Program to develop Procedural Research Skills among Social Studies Teachers in Al -Majma'ah Province

The study aimed at identifying the effectiveness of a training program devoted to developing procedural research skills of social studies teachers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. To achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher used the descriptive and quasi-experimental approach for a sample group consisting of 20 teachers, to whom a cognitive test was applied for pre and post measurement of the degree to which teachers acquire the knowledge and skills of procedural research. The study concluded that, there are statistically significant differences in the average degrees of the cognitive aspect related to the procedural research skills between the pre and post measurements, in favor of the post measurement. To determine the effectiveness of the training program, the effect size was calculated through the equation of eta square η^2, which reached to 0.84, which is a high effect size. The study also revealed that there are statistically significant differences in the average total degree of the skills aspect related to procedural research skills between pre and post measurement in favor of the post –measurement. To determine the effectiveness of the training program, the size of the effect was calculated reaching 0.98, which is a high effect size.