The effectiveness of Driver’s model in teaching mathematics for developing intermediate school students conceptual understanding

Khalid S. Alzahrani; Eidah Alfadhli

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Khalid S. Alzahrani ¹ ^* , Eidah Alfadhli ¹

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¹ Imam Abdulrahman bin Feisal University, Dammam, SAUDI ARABIA^* Corresponding Author

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This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of Driver’s model (DM) in developing the conceptual understanding (CU) of first-class intermediate students in geometry and polygons via quasi-experimental design, for a random sample of 62 female-students divided into two groups, the experimental group with 31 students who were taught the module by DM, and the control group with 31 students were taught the module by the traditional teaching method. The study found significant statistical variances regarding scores means between the two groups at the three levels of explanation, interpretation, and application for the experimental group with a high impact reached at0.31 along with a high impact, too, regarding the mean of the total score of CU test for the same group, which reached at 0.43. Thus, the study recommends using DM in mathematics teaching.

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Driver’s model
conceptual understanding
mathematics
geometric

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, 2023, Volume 19, Issue 5, Article No: em2267

https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/13161

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Alzahrani, K. S., & Alfadhli, E. (2023). The effectiveness of Driver’s model in teaching mathematics for developing intermediate school students conceptual understanding. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 19(5), em2267. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/13161

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Alzahrani KS, Alfadhli E. The effectiveness of Driver’s model in teaching mathematics for developing intermediate school students conceptual understanding. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2023;19(5):em2267. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/13161

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Alzahrani KS, Alfadhli E. The effectiveness of Driver’s model in teaching mathematics for developing intermediate school students conceptual understanding. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2023;19(5), em2267. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/13161

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Alzahrani, Khalid S., and Eidah Alfadhli. "The effectiveness of Driver’s model in teaching mathematics for developing intermediate school students conceptual understanding". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2023 19 no. 5 (2023): em2267. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/13161

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Alzahrani, K. S., and Alfadhli, E. (2023). The effectiveness of Driver’s model in teaching mathematics for developing intermediate school students conceptual understanding. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 19(5), em2267. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/13161

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Alzahrani, Khalid S. et al. "The effectiveness of Driver’s model in teaching mathematics for developing intermediate school students conceptual understanding". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 19, no. 5, 2023, em2267. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/13161