Ways for Female Students at Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University to Acquire Skills through the Use of Learning Strategies. An Applied Study on the Islamic Studies Program and Communication and Media Technology Program From August to June 2023

Abstract

The importance of this study stems from analyzing the ways for female students at Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University acquire skills through the use of learning strategies. The Study aimed to analyze the learning strategies used to provide female students of the Islamic Studies Program and the Communication and Information Technology Program (to improve the level) with skills, and the teaching strategies used to provide female students with such skills. During the period from August to June, which is the period in which Three-Semester Teaching System was applied at the University, the Content Analysis Approach was used to analyze used learning strategies and learning outcomes to answer the research questions. Researchers chose the Non-Probability Sampling Method in the research because it is the most appropriate method for conducting this Study. Among this type of Sampling Method, the Deliberate Sampling Method was chosen. Therefore, researchers chose to analyze the content of the learning outcomes of the Islamic Studies Program and the Communication and Media Technology Program during the period from August 2022 AD to June 2023 AD, represented in the learning outcomes of three semesters of the Islamic Studies Program. To achieve compatibility between the size of the content for both Programs, researchers intentionally chose to analyze the content of the Journalism and Electronic Publishing Track for the Communication and Media Technology Program. In addition, researchers traditionally designed the Content Analysis Form, using the SPSS program for statistical analysis. The research came out with the following results: The research proved that the use of learning strategies led to the acquisition and improvement of the level of skills among female students of the Islamic Studies Program and the Communication and Media Technology Program. The most used strategy for teaching female students in the Islamic Studies Program was problem-solving, while the most used strategy for teaching female students in the Communication and Media Technology Program was the developed lecture. The research demonstrated that teaching strategies provided female students of the Islamic Studies Program and the Communication and Media Technology Program with the skills they had planned for, and the most achieved skill through the use of teaching strategies was M1 (finding solutions to problems based on theoretical knowledge and practical experiences) for the Islamic Studies Program, while the most achieved skill for the Communication and Media Technology Program was M3 (using digital and statistical techniques in the field of communication, media technology, and scientific research). The research sheds light on the fact that the evaluation methods used to measure the skills of female students of the Islamic Studies Program were written tests, while individual assignments were the most commonly used method to measure the skills of female students of the Communication and Media Technology Program. Moreover, the research sheds light on the fact that the Communication and Information Technology Program enhances the information technology skill that falls under the learning strategy (dialogue and discussion, flipped classroom) better than the Islamic Studies Program.