Measuring the Degree of Effectiveness of the Activities in the Eighth-Grade Mathematics Textbook Content from the Perspective of Teachers

Muneer Jebreel Karama

Muneer Jebreel Karama Palestine Polytechnic University

Abstract

The aim of this research is to determine the effectiveness of sports activities included in the mathematics textbook for the eighth grade from the perspective of the teachers who implemented these activities during their teaching process. To achieve the study's goal, the researcher reviewed educational literature and extracted the theoretical framework for this study. This was also utilized in designing the research tool, which is a questionnaire based on a five-point Likert scale. After implementing validity procedures, the final number of items was 23 out of an initial 27 items. The reliability coefficient, according to Cronbach's alpha, was 0.841, which is suitable for the purposes of the study and research.
The study sample consisted of 72 teachers from government, UNRWA, and private schools in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The sample was chosen intentionally through the voluntary response of the participants to the questionnaire items. The results of the study showed varying degrees of effectiveness regarding the activities included in the mathematics textbook from the teachers' perspectives. There were no statistically significant differences attributed to the variables of gender and years of experience. However, there were statistically significant differences based on the type of supervising authority, favoring government and UNRWA schools over private schools. Based on the study results, the researcher recommended increasing the effectiveness of some activities that were below the mean score on the five-point Likert scale.

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