The study aimed at finding out the relationship between teaching habits of mind and positive behavior among theteachers of social studies in the lower basic stage in the university district in the capital governorate (Amman). Thesample of this study was composed of (60) teachers, both males and females, who were chosen by the StratifiedRandom Sample method. Descriptive correlation approach was conducted by the researcher in this study to answerthe study questions. The researcher used the following statistical methods: Pearson correlation coefficient, arithmeticmeans, and three-way Anova and Manova (Analysis of variance & multivariate analysis of variance).The study found the following results: The social studies teachers of the lower basic stage have a mean for theteaching habits of mind and positive behavior aspects. And there is an existence of statistically significant positivecorrelation coefficients between the areas of the teaching habits of mind scale and the scale as a whole and the areasof positive behavior scale (positive personal behavior, positive academic behavior) and the scale as a whole. Thestudy also pointed out that there are statistically significant differences attributed to the variable of experience, andfor the benefit of experts who have more than 10 years of experience, and there were statistically significantdifferences in the areas of the teaching habits of mind scale attributed to the gender variable, and for the benefit ofmales in the impulsivity control level, thinking flexibly, creativity, perception, and innovation. As well as there werestatistically significant differences in the teaching habits of mind and the positive behavior scale according to thevariable of experience, and for the benefit of those with more than 10 years of experience. Moreover, there werestatistically significant differences in the areas of positive behavior scale attributed to the gender variable and for thebenefit of males from the study sample.
The Teaching Habits of Mind, Their Relationship To Positive Behavior of Social Studies Teachers in Lower Basic Stage In University District - The Capital (Amman)
