The Effect of Teaching a Mathematical Modeling Course based on Student-Centered Approach to cultivate Mathematical Application Ability of Students Majoring in Mathematics in Zhoukou Normal University
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Mathematical Modeling Course, Student-centered Approach, Mathematical Application Ability, Students’ satisfactionบทคัดย่อ
The objectives of this research were to: 1) Compare students’ Mathematical Application Ability before and after the implementation of mathematical modeling course based on student-centered approach. 2) Assess students’ satisfaction about Mathematical modeling course. The sample used in this study was 30 year 2 students in Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou City, Henan Province. They were selected by cluster random sampling. The research instruments were: 1) Six lesson plans of mathematical modeling course based on student-centered approach. 2) Mathematical Application Ability test paper. 3) Satisfaction questionnaire. The researcher used the Mathematical Application Ability test paper to conduct pre-test and post-test on the sample. Then the pre-test data and post-test data are analyzed. The content of data analysis includes: score mean, standard deviation, correlation between pre-test data and post test data, t-test of paired dependent sample. The statistics was used for data analysis were the mean, standard deviation, and t-test of a sample.
The results of the study were as follows:
1) The Mathematical Application Ability test paper data analysis about pre-test and post-test showed the mean score of post-test data was 2.87 higher than that of pre-test data. When the confidence level was .05, the correlation between pre-test data and post-test data was 0.75, and the t-test value Sig=0.000<.05 (The mean of pre-test was 11.50, the mean of post-test was 14.37). The above data showed that students' Mathematical Application Ability had been significantly improved.
2) The students' satisfaction was high level. The lowest mean score was 3.83 and the highest was 4.23, higher than 3.51.
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