أثر استخدام التعلم النشط في اكتساب طلبة الصف الثامن في الأردن للمفاهيم الرياضية و تنمية معتقداتهم نحو تعلم الرياضيات

Abstract EN

This study investigates the role of active learning in helping eighth-grade Jordanian students acquire mathematics concepts and develop their beliefs towards mathematics.

The research sample consisted of 61 eighth-grade students in a school in Irbid, Jordan.

The students were divided into two groups H an experimental group (n = 31), and a control group (n = 30).

For the purpose of this study, the researcher designed a multiple choice mathematics test made up of twenty items that covered three-dimensional shapes.

In addition, the researcher developed a scale of (20) items based on international measurements to assess the development of students’ beliefs towards mathematics.

The result of the study revealed that there was a statistically significant difference at (a = 0.05) in students’ attainment of mathematical concepts and in the development of students’ beliefs towards learning mathematics.

Such differ-ences may be attributed the teaching method of active learning.

Therefore the researcher recommends training mathematics teachers in the methods of active learning in order to develop students’ acquisition of mathematics concepts and their beliefs towards mathematics.