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The current research aims to investigate The Effectiveness of Integrating Learning Cycle and Round House Diagram in Teaching Home Economics In Developing Visual Thinking Skills and The Epistemological Beliefs For The Students Of The Preparatory Stage. The research was applied on a sample of (60) female students from the Preparatory Stage. The sample was divided into two groups (an experimental, n.=30; and a control n.=30). To achieve the research aims, a Visual Thinking Skills Test, and the Epistemological Beliefs scale, thus, the descriptive and the quasi- experimental methods were applied. The results revealed that: There is a statistically significant difference at (p 0.01) between the experimental group mean scores in the pre- and post-application of the Visual Thinking Skills Test, in favor of the post-application. There is a statistically significant difference at (p 0.01) between the experimental and the control groups mean scores in the post-application of the Visual Thinking Skills test as a whole, and its sub-skills, in favor of the experimental group There is a statistically significant difference at (p 0.01) between the experimental group mean scores in the pre- and post-application of the Epistemological Beliefs scale, in favor of the post-application. There is a statistically significant difference at (p 0.01) between the experimental and the control groups mean scores in the post-application of the Epistemological Beliefs scale as a whole, and its dimensions, in favor of the experimental group There is a statistically significant correlation between the research sample scores on the Visual Thinking Skills test as a whole and its sub-skills, and the Epistemological Beliefs scale as a whole, and its dimensions. This reflects The Effectiveness of Integrating Learning Cycle and Round House Diagram in Teaching Home Economics In Developing Visual Thinking Skills and The Epistemological Beliefs For The Students Of The Preparatory Stage. (Published abstract)