Ms. Nasrin Nejati Barzoki, Dr. Seyed Ahmad Madani, Dr. Mohammad Amini,
Volume 8, Issue 15 (3-2020)
Abstract
In this research we investigated female elementary students’ level of mastery over science and mathematics content and explained the nature of relationship between students’ level of mastery and learnability of content in science and mathematics. 914 female students of public senior elementary schools in Kashan were recruited. The needed data for fourth and fifth graders were gathered through researcher-made tests; the data related to sixth graders were gathered through standard exams taken from the students of this grade in the end of semester. Content validity of tests was verified by connoisseur teachers in each grade and was confirmed by structural equation modelling. For explaining the quantitative findings, we implemented 9 interviews with experienced and expert teachers which were selected through purposeful sampling method. The main analysis revealed that students learning is significantly lower than the mastery level in almost half of the science syllabus and all of the mathematics syllabus.
Fereidoon Ramazi, Kamran Sheivandichelicheh, Elahe Aminifar, Alireza Assareh,
Volume 10, Issue 20 (12-2022)
Abstract
Abstract The main purpose of the study is to design a valid model for the problem-oriented curriculum in elementary mathematics. The research approach is quantitative. In designing the model, which was done by structural-interpretive modeling method, 19 specialists of curriculum planning and mathematical education of Arak city participated. To determine the validity, with the method of partial least squares, the designed model in the form of a researcher-made questionnaire was provided to 355 specialists by random sampling method. By identifying the components of objectives in three levels of cognition, attitude, skill and curriculum content, method and evaluation of the problem-oriented curriculum model were designed and validated.. Findings showed that the characteristics of objectives in level "cognitive" and "attitude" are considered as the underlying components of the problem-oriented curriculum model in mathematics and affect the characteristics of objectives at the skill level. Skills characteristics also affect curriculum content characteristics, method, and evaluation.
