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The study aims at investigating the influence of using (7Es) Learning Cycle Strategy on the achievement of eighth grade students in a Islamic Jurisprudence Unit and developing their deductive thinking skills. The researcher used an experimental approach to achieve the goal of the study. The sample of the study consisted of 36 males and 36 females eighth grade students in the first semester of the academic year (2014/2015). The sample was deliberately selected and distributed into two groups: The Experimental Group, which studied the Islamic Jurisprudence Unit through the (7Es) Learning Cycle Strategy, and the Control Group, which studied the same material in the usual traditional way. The researchers arranged two tools for the study: Achievement Test and Deductive Thinking Test in Islamic Jurisprudence Unit. The validity and reliability of the two tools was verified. The study showed the following findings: There was a statistically significant difference (α≤ 0.05) between means value of control and experimental groups in achievement test and deductive thinking test in all skills in favor of the experimental group, there was no statistically significant difference (α ≤0.05) in achievement test and deductive thinking test among eighth grader students in Islamic Jurisprudence Unit relating to gender, and there is no statistically significant difference (α≤0.05) in achievement test and deductive thinking test among eighth grader students in Islamic Jurisprudence Unit referring to the effect of interaction between teaching strategy and gender.(Published Abstract)