شبكة المعلومات العربية التربوية

This study aimed to identify the impact of using digital stories in developing reading comprehension skills for Third graders. The study case can be specified in the following main question: What is the impact of using digital stories in developing reading comprehension skills for Third graders? The main question produce the following sub-questions: 1) What are the reading comprehension skills that should be developed for third graders? 2) What are the criteria that should be followed in designing digital stories? 3) Are there any variances that have statistical significance at significance level (α ≤ 0.05) in the average of students score between the experimental group and the controlled group in posttests of reading comprehension skills test? For reaching the study goals‚ the researcher followed experimental approach where the sample was chosen in an indiscriminate way, the study’s sample consists of (74) students from Beit Lahia Elem Boys school divided into two groups, one is experimental group consisted of (37) student, and the other is controlled group consisted of (37) student. The study tools are represented by a reading comprehension skills test and after insuring tools significance and consistency, a pretest was applied to the two study groups (both experimental and controlled) to insure the equality of both groups. After applying the digital stories‚ a posttest was applied to the two groups (both experimental and controlled) .Then the study’s data were treated statistically using SPSS program, in which the result were explained and recommendations and suggestions were presented. The study results showed the positive impact of using digital stories in developing reading comprehension skills for third graders through reaching the following results: 1) There are statistically significant variances at significance level (a=0.01) in the average of students score between the experimental group and the controlled group in posttests of reading comprehension skills test for all levels (Alphabetical, deduction, and critical) in favour of the experimental group students. 2) Using digital stories has a huge impact in developing reading comprehension skills‚ the effect reached (0.384). In light of the study, the researcher recommended the following main points: 1) Organizing and implementing courses and workshops for teachers to training them on designing and preparing digital stories. 2) Taking into consideration reading subjects that its goals and approaches focus on developing reading comprehension in preparing Arabic Language curriculums. 3) Adopting computerizing subjects as a modern teaching approach. (Author's abstract)