The Effect Of PQ4R Strategy On The Achievement Of First – Year – Intermediate Stage Students Achievement In Mathematics And Developing Their Science Process Skills

Abstract

This research aims to investigate the impact of  PQ4R strategy on the achievement of first–year–intermediate stage students achievement in Mathematics and developing their Science Process skills.The sample includes 81 male and female students from Bilal Bin Rabah school intentionally. The sample is distributed among two experimental groups, one of 41 students and a control group of 40 students. The equivalence between the two groups has been tested in some variables ways. The experimental design of the two equivalent groups has been administered in this research. The researcher prepared two instruments The first one is the achievement test consists of 5 closed items essay. The other instrument is a test for Science Process skills of 24 multiple – choice objective items 4 items for each skill .The validity , reliability and discriminability of those instruments have been tested. The experiment has been applied in the first semester of academic year 2017 – 2018. The two groups have been taught according to the teaching plans settled previously for each group. After finishing the experiment , the Science Process skills posttest and the achievement test have been administered among the two groups. The finding show: There is significant statistical difference, at (0.05)level of significance , between the mean achievement and of the Science Process test scores of students in the experimental group who was taught by using PQ4R strategy and those in the control group who was taught by using traditional method and for the benefit of experimental group.   In the light of these findings , the researcher conclude number of conclusions also set number of recommendations and suggestion for farther studies.