This study aimed to investigate the effect of using reciprocal teaching on academic achievement in philosophy for third-graders. (Literary section). Damascus countryside Governorate, Ghouta East region. The study relied on the experimental method to detect the effect of using reciprocal teaching in academic achievement for students of secondary education in the third row of philosophy. The study population consisted of all third-graders in the area of Ghouta Eastern (Al-Mleiha) in the province of Damascus. 504 students were selected randomly. (132) of the sample composed the experimental and control groups. The results of the study: - The presence of statistically significant differences at the level of significance (0.01) between the mean scores of students of the experimental group and control group in the post application of the test. - The presence of statistically significant differences at the level of significance (0.01) between the average scores for each of the experimental and control groups in the two applications of pre and post tests.