The research aims to develop the critical reading skills and the
intellectual security concepts included in the Arabic reading for the first grade
preparatory pupils.
To achieve the goals of the research, the researcher prepared a
questionnaire of critical reading skills, critical reading skills test, a scale of
awareness of concepts of intellectual security and strategy based on learning
styles.
The researcher chose a sample of ( 66) pupils from the Menia Al-Hitt
Girls School, Hamed masoud school in Fayoum Governorate. ( 34) pupils for
the experimental group, and (32) pupils for the control group.
The findings of the research revealed a statistically – significant
difference at the level of ( 0.01 )between means of score of the experimental
and control group in the critical reading post- test and the scale of awareness
of intellectual security concepts in favor of the experimental group.
The researcher recommends to develop the intellectual security
concepts included in Arabic language curricula at all levels of education, as well
as interest in the development of critical reading skills, because it makes the
pupil able to discriminate and criticise.