Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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Assistant Professor of Arabic Language and Literature, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran
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Master's Degree in Arabic Language Education University of Isfahan, Iran
10.48310/alle.2025.4284
Abstract
Creativity is considered one of the common concepts in the field of motivation during the educational process in the twentieth century, and it has garnered the attention of several theorists. Among the most notable of these is the model proposed by "Joy Paul Guilford," the American psychologist (1959), which is based on four principles: cognitive memory, divergent thinking, convergent thinking, and evaluative thinking. The Arabic language book for the ninth grade "Arabic, the Language of the Qur'an" is one of the important and essential books in the field of second language learning. This study focuses on evaluating the quantitative and qualitative content of this book through the use of a comprehensive descriptive and critical analysis methodology. The research results indicate that out of a total sample of 1152 items, cognitive memory showed the highest frequency with 596 items, while the lowest frequency for divergent thinking was only 8 items. Based on the findings of this current research, this book, in addition to employing components of Guilford's theory of creativity, is considered a practical and useful resource for teaching Arabic. However, greater attention should be paid to the main component of this model, which is divergent thinking, so that students in this sensitive stage of education do not face a lack of creativity during the learning process and its application.
Keywords: Content Analysis, Arabic LanguageBook, Ninth Grade, Creativity, Guilford's Model.Keywords: Content Analysis, Arabic Language Book, Ninth Grade, Creativity, Guilford's Model
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