Development of decision making using the six hats method

The decision-making process is very important in life in general and at the school in particular in addition to problem-solving process. So, it is very vital to develop this type of thinking in the stage of adolescence and therefore the intermediate stage of study was chosen to conduct the current research. The present research aimed at identifying the effect of the six hats strategy in terms of developing the decision making. Also, the research aimed at identifying the differences between the two groups: the experimental and the control groups in the posttest. The sample of the research consisted of (120) male and female students, who were divided into (4) groups; two of them represented the experimental group and the other two groups represented the control group. The decision making form consisted of (35) paragraphs with four alternatives (A B C and D). Validity, invariability and distinction of the scale paragraphs. Additionally, the six hats strategy was used and the lasted for 6 weeks, each weak involved two lessons. Equivalence between the four groups in terms of intelligence, acquisition, the posttest and the parents' education was conducted after applying the strategy. It was found that there had been a development for the experimental group as there were significant statistical differences between the pretest and the posttest and also differences between the control group and the experimental group. The researcher recommended that there is a necessity that the schools should pay more attention to using the programs and the methods that develop and enhance the decision making capability and she also suggested that more studies should be conducted in terms of using the six hats method in developing other types of thinking.