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The present research study aimed at identifying effectiveness of using the constructivist 5 E’s model in developing achievement and generative thinking skills for psychology section students at Assiut Faculty of Education. To reach the desired research objectives, the researcher followed these procedures: 1) Preparing research materials, which were represented in: A teacher’s book and a student’s guide according to the constructivist 5 E’s model strategy. 2) Preparing research tools, which were represented in: a) An achievement test to measure the acquisition of content information, b) An achievement test Generative Thinking Skills Scale. Research groups to which the intervention was administered were represented in 2 study groups: 1) The frest experimental group, which studied the target content via the constructivist 5 E’s model. 2) The control group, which studied the target content via the traditional method. After pre-administering the research tools, the target unit was taught to the (2) experimental groups. This was followed by post-administration of the research tools, statistical processing, and finally the following results were obtained: Effectiveness of using the constructivist 5E’s model in developing achievement and some generative thinking skills for the 2nd experimental group. (Published abstract)