مستويات مهارات التفكير الرياضي لدى طلبة تخصص معلم صف بالجامعة الهاشمية و علاقتها بتحصيل الطلبة في الرياضيات

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This study aimed at investigating the levels of mathematical thinking skills for classroom teacher students at the Hashemite University.

These levels were arranged according to students’ attainment in the target skills.

The study also searched for the relationship between the mathematical thinking skills and students’ achievement in mathematics.

The study sample consisted of 187 students who studied ’’mathematics for primary teachers (2)”.

To achieve the aims of the study, a mathematical thinking skills exam was used, whereas students achievement in the final exam was used to assess their achievement in mathematics.

Results showed statistically significant differences in student’s mathematical thinking skills.

That is the attainment to these skills revealed the following : high in deduction only, intermediate in induction, reasoning and mathematical proof, and low in the most including modeling, estimation, criticism, guessing, symbols expression and justification.

Results also showed statistically significant positive correlation between most of the mathematical thinking skills and students’ achievement in mathematics.