Abstract
The aim of the research is to identify the effectiveness of the educational pillars strategy based on Vygotsky's theory in mathematical achievement and information processing of first-grade intermediate students. In pursuit of the research objectives, the experimental method was used, and the quasi-experimental design was used for two equivalent groups, one control group taught traditionally and the other experi-mental taught according to the educational pillars strategy. The research sample consisted of (66) female students from the first intermediate grade, who were inten-tionally chosen after ensuring their equivalence, taking into account several factors, most notably chronological age and their level of mathematics, and they were dis-tributed equally into two groups, one experimental and the other control. The re-search tools were represented in the teacher's handbook for the application of the educational pillars strategy, the achievement test in mathematics, and the test of information processing skills. The researchers applied the experiment in the first semester of the (2019/2020) academic year. One of the researchers taught the ex-perimental group by applying the educational pillars strategy, while the control group studied according to the usual method. The mathematical achievement test and the data processing skill test were applied to the experimental and control re-search groups, and then the data necessary for statistical analysis and access to results were obtained. The results showed that there were statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the two groups and control groups in the mathematical achievement test. There were also statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the two groups on the test of the skill of information processing, and the size of the effect was calculated by describing a function of the effectiveness of the strategy on the two independent variables (mathematics achievement, information processing), as it became clear that the educational pillars strategy based on Vygotsky's theory has great effectiveness. On mathematics achievement and on developing students' information processing skills
Highlights
Teaching mathematics has received the attention of educators; teaching experts in recent times, and what is called success in learning mathematics has taken several changes as one of the types of response to changes in education and society as a whole[1, 2]
The current research problem arises, as previous studies and educational reality prove the low levels of information processing among middle school students, especially the first grade, which was observed by one of the researchers from the reality of his work as he noticed that most students do not realize the importance of mathematics and its life value
As students of that stage suffer a lot from many difficulties in studying mathematics, especially engineering lessons, which resulted in their low academic achievement and weak interest in learning it, which led them to become alienated from it, among its teachers; As a result of the feeling of a partial absence of pleasure, and the real benefit that accrues to them in learning mathematics[3,4,5]
Summary
Teaching mathematics has received the attention of educators; teaching experts in recent times, and what is called success in learning mathematics has taken several changes as one of the types of response to changes in education and society as a whole[1, 2]. Many studies indicated the decline in students ’mathematical achievement, as they emphasized the students’ need to develop their academic achievement about the need to change the actual teaching methods used in classes within the mathematics curriculum, and given the weakness of students ’information processing and mathematical achievement skills, they must be developed among the learners. To achieve this goal, appropriate methods and methods must be followed. The researchers found that despite the importance of this strategy and its effectiveness in teaching mathematics at the global and Arab level, there is a lack of awareness of that strategy iJET ‒ Vol 16, No 12, 2021
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