scholarly journals The level of the skills of scientific thinking and mathematical thinking among the students of the primary stage: مستوى مهارات التفكير العلمي والتفكير الرياضي لدى طالبات المرحلة الإبتدائية

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilham Bent Ali Al Shalabi ◽  
Shatha bint Ahmed Al Khalifa
Keyword(s):  
School Environment ◽  
Mathematics Curriculum ◽  
Mathematical Thinking ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Scientific Thinking ◽  
Primary Stage ◽  
Sixth Grade Students ◽  
Training Courses ◽  
And Mathematics

The purpose of this study was to know the level of scientific thinking skills and the level of mathematical thinking skills. Is there a correlation between the skills of scientific thinking and the mathematical thinking skills of sixth grade students? A study was used to measure the level of scientific and athletic thinking skills. The sample consisted of 455 sixth grade students The total number of female students was 29,680. The descriptive descriptive approach was used to find the relationship between the level of the skills of scientific thinking and mathematical thinking. The most important results of the study were that the level of scientific and sports thinking skills was medium And the level of skills of mathematical thinking, as the higher the level of scientific thinking skills, the higher the level of mathematical thinking skills among students in the sixth grade of primary The study presented several recommendations, the most important of which are the holding of training courses for teachers during the service to train them to employ thinking and skills and train teachers to design scientific positions and implants within the curriculum and address the weakness and lack of thinking skills that appear during teaching and the development of teachers Wu The most important proposals of the study are the study of the auxiliary aspects and the obstacles to the teaching of thinking in the school environment, the extent to which teachers are aware of the skills of thinking and whether they are integrated and taught through teaching, analysis of the content of science and mathematics curriculum developed for the primary stage to learn Availability of basic thinking skills in curricula.

scholarly journals The relationship between mental arithmetic and estimate approximate skill and solving mathematical problems among sixth grade students"

2018 ◽  
Vol 217 (2) ◽  
pp. 29-56
Author(s):  
Assist prof Dr. Sudail Adel Fattah
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Curriculum ◽  
Mental Arithmetic ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Approximate Estimate ◽  
Sixth Grade Students ◽  
Search Tool ◽  
Mathematical Problems ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Math Problems

The research aims to find out the relationship between mental arithmetic and estimate approximate skill and solving mathematical problems among sixth grade students in :Baghdad by answering the following questionsIs there a statistically significant correlation between mental arithmetic and approximate estimate the sixth grade pupils skill?Is there a statistically significant correlation between mental arithmetic skill and solving mathematical problems among sixth gradersPrimary?Is there a statistically significant correlation between the rough estimate and solving mathematical problems among sixth grade students?Be the research community of the disciples of sixth grade in the city of Baghdad / Rusafa first for the academic year 2015/2016, where numbered (8710), a pupil was chosen from a random sample consisted of 302 pupils either search tool is about three tests, one of them related to the account the mental and the other approximate estimate and last sports problems and after verifying the validity and reliability of the tests were applied to the sample and the results showed the weakness of students in mental arithmetic and estimate approximate skill and solving math problems and the existence of a correlation between them.The study concluded that a number of recommendations including:Further research on an objective mental arithmetic and solving math problems, and include mathematics curriculum activities develop mental arithmetic and approximate estimate and solving math problems.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of Using the Overlapping Waves Strategy During the Teaching of Geography in Acquiring the Realistic Thinking Skills and Improving the Attitudes Toward it Among the Sixth Grade Students in Jordan

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 250
Author(s):  
Ahmed I. Daoud
Keyword(s):  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Geography Teaching ◽  
Sixth Grade Students ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Experimental Group

The study aimed to examine the effectiveness of using the overlapping waves strategy during the teaching of geography lessons in acquiring realistic thinking skills and improving the attitudes towards geography in a sample of sixth grade students in Jordan using the quasi-experimental method. The purposive method was used to select the study sample (n = 64) students, who were randomly assigned either to the experimental group (n = 32), taught geography lessons with the overlapping waves strategy method, or the control group (n = 32), taught  geography lessons with the usual method. The Realistic Thinking Skills Test (RTT) was prepared with its three dimensions, as well as the attitudes towards Geography Scale (AGS). After verifying their validity and validity, the two instruments were applied to the sample as pre post intervention. The results of the statistical analysis indicated that there were statistically significant differences at (α = 0.05) in the post test between the mean of the experimental group and the control group scores on the Realistic Thinking Skills Scale (RTS) and the Attitudes towards Geography Scale (AGS) in favor of the experimental group, indicating the efficiency of using the overlapping waves strategy used in the current study in geography teaching.

scholarly journals The Relationships between Teacher Quality and Sixth Grade Students’ Mathematics Competencies in Kenya and Zimbabwe

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Angela Ayieko ◽  
Gibbs Kanyongo ◽  
Bryan Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Teacher Quality ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Eastern Africa ◽  
Quality Factors ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Sixth Grade Students

Students should begin to engage in problem-solving and higher order thinking skills in mathematics in the early years of school in preparation for 21st-century technology and problem-solving competencies. Using the Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ), this study examines the distribution of significant teacher quality factors related to sixth-grade students’ mathematics competencies across the regions of Kenya and Zimbabwe. The mathematics competencies range from Pre-numeracy to Abstract Problem Solving level. First, we use a multi-level regression model to analyze the relationships between teacher quality and students’ mathematics competencies to find out which teacher quality variables are important for the improvement in students’ mathematics competencies in the participating countries. We then illustrate the distributions of the teacher quality factors within the regions in Kenya and Zimbabwe. From the multilevel model analysis, the teacher quality factors related to students’ increase in mathematics competencies were teaching experience, mathematics competencies, and teachers’ academic qualifications. We observe that students taught by permanently employed teachers had lower math competencies and that the days spent by the teachers in professional development influence students’ mathematics competencies negatively. The distributions of these teacher quality factors that matter in sub-Sahara Africa are concentrated in the capital cities and particular regions in Kenya and Zimbabwe. Implications for policy and practice are discussed.

A Prospective Cognition Analysis of Scientific Thinking and the Implications for Teaching and Learning Science

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 245-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Corinne Zimmerman ◽  
Steve Croker
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
Nature Of Science ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Science Learning ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Scientific Thinking ◽  
Cultural Activity ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Practice Of Science

With increased focus on the importance of teaching and learning in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines, both educational researchers and cognitive psychologists have been tackling the issues of how best to teach science concepts and scientific thinking skills. As a cultural activity, the practice of science by professional scientists is inherently prospective. Recent calls to make science education more “authentic” necessitate an analysis of the prospective, cumulative, and collaborative nature of science learning and science teaching. We analyze scientific thinking through the lens of prospective cognition by focusing on the anticipatory, social, situated, and multiscale aspects of engaging in science. We then address some of the implications for science education that result from our analysis.

From the Classroom: Student-constructed problems extend proportional reasoning

2010 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-19
Author(s):  
Millard W. Lamm ◽  
David K. Pugalee
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Elementary School Students ◽  
Mathematics Curriculum ◽  
Mathematical Thinking ◽  
Proportional Reasoning ◽  
Rational Numbers ◽  
Learning Progression ◽  
School Students ◽  
Elementary School Math ◽  
And Mathematics

Proportional reasoning is perhaps one of the most important types of mathematical thinking for elementary school students to develop. It includes aspects of rational numbers, spans the entire mathematics curriculum, and is a significant foundation for mathematical proficiency. Understanding students' use of proportional reasoning is a basis on which to develop benchmarks or guideposts that can provide a descriptive picture of the learning progression between elementary school math and mathematics encountered in later grades.

scholarly journals STEAM Education for Critical Consciousness: Discourses of Liberation and Social Change among Sixth-Grade Students

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-32
Author(s):  
Bhaskar Upadhyay ◽  
Kara Coffino ◽  
John Alberts ◽  
Andrew Rummel
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Language Arts ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Critical Consciousness ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Steam Education ◽  
Sixth Grade Students ◽  
And Mathematics

Abstract In this case study, we present opportunities science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) education provided to a sixth-grade class. We collected observational and interview data in a language arts and a science class over 1 year. We used the liberation social psychology (LSP) framework to understand students’ discourses and discussions as they drew from science, engineering activities, and language arts ideas. Further, LSP allowed us to explore students’ engagement in critical reflection of social, racial, and other discrimination. The data analysis showed that STEAM education promoted the integration of science ideas, engineering design, social and critical consciousness. We found STEAM education supported discourses of critical reflection, racism, and social discrimination in class. Finally, we argue that STEAM education in Asia-Pacific and Global South countries has to be about critical consciousness, social change, and liberation of underrepresented groups and immigrants for more inclusive, sociopolitically conscious, and democratic STEAM education experiences.

scholarly journals Design, Application and Effectiveness of an Innovative Augmented Reality Teaching Proposal through 3P Model

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (24) ◽  
pp. 5426
Author(s):  
Alejandro López-García ◽  
Pedro Miralles-Martínez ◽  
Javier Maquilón
Keyword(s):  
Augmented Reality ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
Sixth Grade Students ◽  
Quantitative Design ◽  
3P Model ◽  
Initial Results

Augmented reality (AR) has evolved hand in hand with advances in technology, and today is considered as an emerging technique in its own right. The aim of our study was to analyze students’ perceptions of how useful AR is in the school environment. A non-experimental quantitative design was used in the form of a questionnaire in which 106 primary sixth-grade students from six schools in the Region of Murcia (Spain) participated. During the study, a teaching proposal using AR related to the content of some curricular areas was put forward in the framework of the 3P learning model. The participants’ perceptions of this technique were analyzed according to each variable, both overall and by gender, via a questionnaire of our own making, which had previously been validated by AR experts, analyzing its psychometric qualities. The initial results indicate that this technique is, according to the students, useful for teaching the curriculum. The conclusion is that AR can increase students’ motivation and enthusiasm while enhancing teaching and learning at the same time.

What is your body mass index?

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (7) ◽  
pp. 442-446
Author(s):  
H. Bahadir Yanik ◽  
Yasin Memis
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Student Interest ◽  
Interactive Simulation ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Sixth Grade Students ◽  
The World ◽  
And Mathematics

The number of people who are obese or overweight has dramatically increased throughout the world in recent years. This article presents an activity in which fifth- and sixth-grade students analyzed body mass index (BMI) and planned a diet accordingly; an interactive simulation supported the creation of a healthy eating regimen. iSTEM (Integrating Science, Technology, and Engineering in Mathematics) authors share ideas and activities that stimulate student interest in the integrated fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in K–grade 6 classrooms.

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