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:: Volume 9, Issue 3 (July-August 2016) ::
Educ Strategy Med Sci 2016, 9(3): 224-233 Back to browse issues page
A Study on the Efficiency of Education with an Emphasis on Multiple Solutions on the Students' Attitude Towards Math
Zahra Rahimi 1, Ebrahim Talaee2 , Ebrahim Reyhani3 , Hashem Fardanesh2
1- Department of Education, Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran , mehrshid80@yahoo.com
2- Department of Education, Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran
3- Departement of Mathematics, Shahid Rajaei Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract:   (5523 Views)

Background and Aims: The overall purpose of the present study is to study the extent of efficiency of education on improving high school students` attitude towards math with an emphasis on multiple solutions.

Methods: The research methodology is action research which has more affinity with a qualitative approach, but it has quantitative aspects as well, in terms of its experimental methods and statistical tests. In this study, 47 students participated in the experimental group and 54 students in the control group, all of whom were studying in Tehran`s public schools for girls in both mathematics and empirical sciences in the academic year 2015-2016. The research tools are Palacios, Arias & Arias (2014) questionnaire which assesses students` attitude towards math in Likert Scale in the form of four components, namely, the perception of utility, mathematical self-concept, perception of mathematical incompetence and enjoyment of mathematics.

Results: The findings reveal that all the attitude components have a positive meaningful effect on math and empirical sciences groups. The difference is that the math group has improved more in the enjoyment of mathematics. Also, results of Tukey’s posthoc test show that the mean of the intervention group in math and empirical sciences are higher than the control group in all components of attitude.

Conclusions: The positive growth of all attitude components in both groups and the significant distance between the intervention and control groups in all components of attitude, suggest that this approach has been successful in improving that students` attitude towards math.

Keywords: Multiple solutions, Attitude towards math, mathematics Education
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Article Type: Original Research | Subject: New Methods of Teaching in Medical Sciences
Received: 2016/10/28 | Accepted: 2016/11/7 | Published: 2017/01/21
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Rahimi Z, Talaee E, Reyhani E, Fardanesh H. A Study on the Efficiency of Education with an Emphasis on Multiple Solutions on the Students' Attitude Towards Math. Educ Strategy Med Sci 2016; 9 (3) :224-233
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