Abstract

Objectives: This study aimed to find out the availability of self-learning skills in the evaluation activities in Islamic education textbooks for the ninth and tenth grades in Sultanate of Oman. Methods: To achieve this goal, an analytical descriptive approach was used, and a content analysis card prepared that was derived from the list of self-learning skills, which included (31) skills that should be available in the activities of Islamic education books for the ninth and tenth grades, and its validity was confirmed by presenting it to a group of arbitrators. The psychometric properties of the card were verified using appropriate methods. The study sample consisted of the evaluation activities contained in the Islamic education books for the ninth and tenth grades of the basics for the academic year 2022/2023 AD, as the number of activities subject to analysis was (265). Results: Among the most prominent findings of the study is that the most available self-learning skills domain is the "use of information" axis with a rate of (83.93%), followed by the "information organization" axis with a rate of (10.76%), and finally the "information search" domain with an availability rate of (5.29%). Conclusions: Considering the findings of the study, a set of recommendations was given, among them is interest in including more "self-learning skills related to searching for information" and "self-learning skills related to organizing information" in evaluation activities. The study suggested conducting similar research and studies dealing with various aspects of self-learning skills related to the curriculum.