The level of skills of orientation towards the goal and their relationship to the achievement of history among students of the sixth grade of literary. 2. The level of skills of orientation towards the goal among students of the sixth grade literary in the subject of modern and contemporary history of the Arab countries and their relationship to achievement according to the gender variable (male - female). To achieve the aim of the research, the researcher used the descriptive approach (correlation studies). The research population was represented by the population of 3,762 students in the governorate of Diyala for the academic year (2021-2022). The basic research sample was selected at 220 students.