Student Gender Relation Sixth Basic Grade by Acquisition of Concepts and Algebra Skills and the Arithmetic Basic Skills in Jenin Governmate

Student Gender Relation Sixth Basic Grade by Acquisition of Concepts and Algebra Skills and the Arithmetic Basic Skills in Jenin Governmate PDF

Mazen Abdul Rahman Saleh Ahmed

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Dr. Salah-Eddin Yaseen -

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Abstract :

This study aimed to know the level of the students acquisition of the Sixth Grade of basic Arithmetic skills, and knowledge of their acquisition of concepts and Algebra Skills, and to know the relationship between the level of their acquisition to the basic Arithmetic skills, and their acquisition to the concepts and skills of Algebra , to know the differences in all the basic Arithmetic skills test , the concepts and Algebra skills for students, males and females. To achieve these previous goals, this study tried to answer the following questions: 1. What is the level of students acquisition for basic Arithmetic skills mentioned in new Mathematics Curriculum? 2. What is the level of acquisition of basic sixth grade of concepts and Algebra skills? 3. Is there a positive relationship between acquisition of the basic sixth grade of the concepts and Algebra skills, and the level of their acquisition of basic Arithmetic skills? 4. Are there differences in achieving of the student in basic sixth grade in test of basic Arithmetic skills mentioned in the new Mathematics curriculum due to the variable of sex? 5. Are there differences in achieving of the basic sixth grade students in test skills and concepts of Algebra due to the variable of sex? The population consisted from basic sixth grade in government schools of Jenin and Qabatia Education directorates for study year (2000-2001). The total number the study population (6040) and the study sample consisted of (635) students, (322) males and (313) females. The sample was selected by simple random way. In answering questions number one and two , the arithmetic means and the standard deviations were used ,in answering question number three the coefficient correlation of ( Person ) was used. While ( Chi – sqare ) test was used to answer the forth and fifth questions. The researcher prepared two tests: one measures the level of the students acquisition of the basic Arithmetic skills mentioned in the new Mathematics curriculum, and another that measures the level of their acquisition for skills and concepts of Algebra. The validity of the content of the two tests was approved by judging committee. The reliability coefficient was calculated for each test by consistency method and Kuder-Richardson (20) equation. There liability coefficient of test basic Arithmetic skills was (0.89), and the reliability coefficient of test Algebra skills and concepts was (0.77). The results of the study showed considerable decease in the students acquisition of the basic Arithmetic skills and while their acquisition for Algebra concepts and skills was acceptable, and there is a positive relationship between the students acquisition level of basic Arithmetic skills and their acquisition for Algebra concepts and skills, and The value of Chi –square reached the level of the significant differences ( = 0.05) over the basic arithmetic skills in eleven paragraphs , the difference was in favor of females , except paragraph number twelve was in favor of males , but the test of concepts and Algebra skills. The value of Chi – square reached the significant differences (= 0.05) in paragraphs one and three , and the difference was in favor of females and in paragraphs 5, 11, 13, the difference was in favor of males. In the light of these results, the researcher has recommended working in studies to discover hidden reasons behind the weakness in basic skills in Mathematics, and feeding programs through benefiting from tutorial classes to avoid sides of different weakness and failure in acquisition basic skills in Mathematics. Also, the researcher has recommended similar further studies on other samples of population in Palestine.

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