Effect of Problem-Solving Teaching Method on Improvement of Higher Order Thinking Skills of Early C

Abstract

Mathematics subject is known as the queen of all subjects. InPakistan it is taught as a compulsory subject from class one to secondarylevel but it is also considered the uninterested subject for the students.There are many reasons but the major one is the teaching method of theteacher. This study was intended to find Problem Solving TeachingMethod having effect on the improvement of HOTs among Prospectiveteachers at early childhood level who learn Mathematics at the Universitylevel. The major objectives of the present study were; to find out the effectof the Problem Solving Teaching Method on element of conceptualknowledge sub level analysis, evaluating and creating. This study was trueexperimental double control group. The sample of this study consisted of75 Prospective teachers from department of Education, InternationalIslamic University Islamabad. The students were from BS Educationgroup of fifth semester, for the collection of data course contents ofmathematics including theoretical geometry, practical geometry and wordproblem of BS Education of the 5th semester were selected. Data wereanalyzed by using Pre-test, post-test, Levene test, ANOVA, Post Hockanalysis, mean and standard deviation. The major finding showed that theachievement scores of per-test and post-test of experimental group weresignificant. The achievement scores of both control groups-I and II showednon-significant difference. The difference between the achievement scoresof control group-I and II were same to some extent. The major conclusionof the study was that problem solving method of teaching developed thehigher order thinking skills among the prospective teachers as compete toconventional method, so this method may be added in professional trainingof mathematics science teachers.