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The study has aimed at determining the degree of effectiveness of eLearning games in educational achievement and in the development of self-learning skills among third-grade students who are low achievers in mathematics in private education schools in Jordan. The study has adopted a semi-experimental approach. The study population has consisted of (60) male and female students from third-grade students who are low achievers. They have been randomly divided into two groups: the first is consisting of (30) male and female students and the other is consisting of 30 male and female students. The Private Al-Aqeeq International Schools in Jordan have been chosen in a deliberate manner because the school administration has showed readiness and in order to availability of the necessary tools to implement the study. To achieve the objectives of the study, an achievement test consisting of (7) questions and the self-learning skills scale consisting of (29) paragraphs, have been developed. The study has been conducted in the first semester of the year (2018/2019).To answer the study questions, the necessary statistical treatments have been used. The study has showed several results, namely: There have been statistically significant differences at the level of significance (α = 0.05) in the achievement of students among third-grade students who are low achievers in mathematics due to the method of education (electronic games, the usual method) for the benefit of the group that has been taught by electronic games and there have been no statistically significant differences in self-learning for third grade students who are low achievers in mathematics due to the method of education (electronic games, the usual method).In light of the results of study, the study has recommended the need to increase the interest in education through electronic educational games because of their effective impact in improving educational achievement. (Author’s abstract)