Effects of organizing integrated mathematics learning activities on mathematical creativity and mathematical knowledge connection ability of ninth grade students in schools under the Office of the Basic Education Commission, Bangkok
Abstract:
The purposes of this research were: 1) to study mathematical creativity and mathematical knowledge connection ability of ninth grade students being taught by integrated mathematics learning activities. 2) to compare mathematical creativity of ninth grade students between groups being taught by integrated mathematics learning activities and by conventional approach. 3) to compare mathematical knowledge connection ability of ninth grade students between groups being taught by integrated mathematics learning activities and by conventional approach. The population of this research was ninth grade students in schools under the Office of The Basic Education Commission, Bangkok. The samples were 62 ninth grade students of Puttajugwittaya School in academic year 2007.They were divided into two groups, one experimental group with 31 students and one control group with 31 students. The students in experimental group were taught by integrated mathematics learning activities and those in control group were taught by conventional approach. The experimental instruments were the lesson plans divided into treatment plans and conventional plans. The data collection instruments were the mathematical creativity test and mathematical knowledge connection ability test. The data were analyzed by means of arithmetic mean, percentage of mean, standard deviation and t - test. The results of the study were as follow: 1. Mathematical creativity of ninth grade students being taught by Integrated mathematics learning activities was higher than that before using Integrated mathematics learning activities approach at a .05 level of significance. 2. Mathematical creativity of ninth grade students being taught by Integrated mathematics learning activities was higher than that of students being taught by conventional approach at a .05 level of significance. 3. Mathematical knowledge connection ability of ninth grade students being taught by Integrated mathematics learning activities was higher than that before using Integrated mathematics learning activities approach at a .05 level of significance. 4. Mathematical knowledge connection ability of ninth grade students being taught by Integrated mathematics learning activities was higher than that of students being taught by conventional approach at a .05 level of significance.