Effectiveness of The Proposed Program in Mathematics Based on Mathematical Modeling in Developing Inquiry thinking at Basic School Students in Palestine.

Abstract

The objective of current research is to develop Inquiry thinking skills through the teaching of the unit inMathematics at the basic Sixth grade from the basic education in Palestine.

The research group consists of (54) students, of Al Qwasima school in Hebron government, (27) of them represent experimental group which study according to Mathematical Modelingbased program inMathematics and the other (27) students represent the control group. The application of program had one month in the second term of the year 2019.

The researchers used the experimental approach and the quasi- experimental design in this study. An Inquiry thinking skills measurement also used. It was applied on the two groups before and after applying the study. The educational material was prepared, according to the program based onMathematical Modeling. The researcher used different statistical methods, which consisted of the arithmetic means, standard deviations.

The result of research: There are significant statistically function differences between mean scores of students in the control group and experimental group in the post application of the inquiry thinking skills test in favor of students of the experimental group. There are significant statistically function differences between mean scores of students in the experimental group which studies according to the proposed program in both pre and post applications of the inquiry thinking skills test in favor of post application.

In light of the results of the study, the researchers recommended that: Mathematical Modeling based program should be activated in both schools and universities teaching, professional training and rehabilitation for the teachers should be provided, and more research on the effects of Mathematical Modeling should be conducted on different variables and, schooling levels and other subjects.