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The present study aimed at identifying the effect of using self- questioning strategy in developing academic achievement in the field of Earth Sciences among the second year secondary school students in the southern Jordan Valley. The study adopted the semi- experimental method, the tool was (Achievement test in Earth Sciences), prepared by the researcher. Applied to a random sample of two divisions of the second grade secondary school students in Al- Hashim Secondary School for Girls, which is affiliated to the Directorate of Education and Education of the Southern Jordan Valley during the academic year 2018-2019, for Division (B) as an experimental group, consisting of (30) students, and Division (A) as a control group. And consisted of (30) students. The results of (T) test showed that there were statistically significant differences between the average scores of female students on achievement in the Earth Sciences subject due to the variable method of teaching, where the control officer got a total average (13.02) in exchange for the pilot obtained a total average (18.97), and for the benefit of the experimental group, In the light of the results of the study, the researcher recommended training teachers on the strategy of self-questioning in the teaching of earth sciences; for their effectiveness in teaching, and recommended studies on the introduction of other teaching methods. (Published abstract)