برنامج مقترح قائم على مدخل (STEM) التکاملي في تنمية التنور الرياضي وخفض قلق الرياضيات لدى تلاميذ المرحلة الإعدادية

A proposed Program based on (STEM) Integrated Approach in Developing Mathematical Literacy and Reducing Mathematics Anxiety for Preparatory Stage Pupils

Abstract:

The research aimed to identify the effectiveness of a proposed program based on (STEM) integrated approach in developing mathematical literacy and reducing mathematics anxiety for Preparatory stage pupils. The research was applied to a group of (64) Preparatory second grade pupils, divided into (32) pupils as an experimental group and (32) pupils as a control group. The research presented a number of research materials and tools prepared by the researcher represented as a list of the mathematical literacy processes required for Preparatory stage pupils, the mathematical literacy test, the mathematics anxiety scale, and the proposed program based on the (STEM) integrated approach which includes a pupil's book for the two units: (The relationship between two variables) and (Statistics) These two units have been reconstructed and rewritten according to (STEM) integrated approach and the teacher's guide to teaching the two units. Research results indicated a statistically significant difference between the mean scores of the experimental and control groups in favor of the experimental group in mathematical literacy processes  in the post application for the mathematical literacy test. Also the results indicated that there was a statistically significant difference between the mean scores of the experimental and control groups in favor of the control group students in the post application of the mathematics anxiety scale. Research presented a number of recommendations such as the need to pay attention to the integrated approaches that works on integrating more than one subject with Mathematics, and the need to pay attention to developing mathematical literacy and reducing mathematics anxiety for pupils.  

Key words: (STEM) integrated approach - Mathematical literacy - Mathematics anxiety.