The effectiveness of a proposed teaching strategy based on the theory of successful intelligence in developing creativity skills in mathematics for students of primary stage

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, University of Anbar, Iraq

2 Anbar Education Directorate, Iraq

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to measure the effectiveness of a proposed teaching strategy based on the theory of successful intelligence in developing creativity skills in mathematics among primary school students. To achieve this aim, the researcher employs a semi-experimental approach and designs one group of pre and post-test. The researcher carries out the test of creative thinking in mathematics. He also builds a teaching strategy based on successful intelligence to develop creative skills in mathematics among primary school students. This strategy was applied to the research sample students, which numbered 35 male and female students from the fifth grade of primary school. To measure the effectiveness of the strategy, the test was applied remotely to the research sample. The results showed that there is a statistically significant difference at the level of significance (0.05) between the mean scores of the experimental group students in the pre and post-tests to test creativity skills in mathematics after successful intelligence-based teaching in favour of the posttest.

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Volume 13, Issue 1
March 2022
Pages 3959-3971
  • Receive Date: 15 August 2021
  • Revise Date: 20 September 2021
  • Accept Date: 29 November 2021