The effect of using the educational scaffolding strategy to teach history on secondary school students’ acquisition of some historical concepts

The aim of this research is to identify the impact of using the educational scaffolding strategy to teach history in acquiring some historical concepts among high school students. The researcher prepared a survey to identify the current research problem, which crystallized in: "There is a clear decrease in the level of students' acquisition of some historical concepts in the subject of history. Some tools were also prepared for this purpose: (a student activity booklet, a teacher's guide), as well as a measuring tool consisting of an objective test of the unity of ancient Egypt's civilization from the history in light of caps cognitive levels. The two research groups were selected from among the firstgrade general secondary students of the Malawi Educational Department in Minia, which was made up of 60 students, including 30 in the pilot group, and 30 in the control group. The researcher applied to the research group using the semi-experimental curriculum the measurement tool tribally, and then applied the tools of teaching and learning represented in the unit, after reformulating it according to the strategy of educational scaffolding on the students of the experimental group. The measurement tool was applied after: demonstrating the effectiveness of the educational scaffolding strategy in acquiring historical concepts among students of the first grade of high school, as well as proving the existence of a positive correlation statistically functioning between the grades of the students of the experimental group in the distance measurement of the test of historical concepts.