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Abstract
This study aimed at investigating the effect of using the six thinking hats method on the development of EFL female eleventh grade students' writing skill in Al- Mazar directorate of education during the academic year 2013/2014. Also it aimed to investigate if there was an effect for using this method due to the student's level in English Language (high, intermediate and low). The sample of the study consisted of 50 female eleventh grade students from Mu'tah Secondary School for Girls which was selected purposefully and assigned randomly into two groups; an experimental group of 24 students and a control group of 26 students. To achieve the purposes of the study, two topics were chosen from the eleventh grade textbook .The instrument of the study was designed according to the characteristics of the six thinking hats, and then it was assessed for validity and reliability. To guarantee the equivalence of the two groups, the researcher administrated a writing ability pre-test, and then the experimental group was taught using the six thinking hats, whereas the control group was taught according to the conventional method. Descriptive statistics, One Way ANOVA and Scheffe for Multiple comparisons were used to analyze the results of the study. The findings of the study indicated that there were statistically significant differences at α≤0.05 in favor of the experimental group taught according to the six thinking hats. Also it indicated that there were statistically significant differences at α≤0.05 on the post test between the students in the high and intermediate levels in comparison with the students in the low level and in favor of the students in the high and intermediate levels, which means that using the six thinking hats method was more efficient for the students in the high and intermediate levels.