Learners’ Conceptual Knowledge Development and Attitudinal Change towards Calculus Using Jigsaw Co-operative Learning Strategy Integrated with GeoGebra
Sirak Tsegaye Yimer 1 * , Nosisi Nellie Feza 2
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1 Ambo University, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Mathematics Department, Ambo, Oromia, ETHIOPIA2 Central University of Technology, Faculty of Humanities, Free State (CUT) Private Bag X20539, Bloemfontein, 9300, SOUTH AFRICA* Corresponding Author

Abstract

This study examined the influence of the jigsaw co-operative learning strategy integrated with GeoGebra (JCLGS), on Ethiopian undergraduate statistics and chemistry learners’ conceptual knowledge development and attitudinal change towards calculus. The post-positivism quantitative methods approach employed in a non-equivalent pre-and post-test comparison group quasi-experimental design. The samples had drawn using two-stage random sampling techniques. The sample size was 150 in both the experimental and comparison groups. Data were collected by using the calculus classroom achievement test and the five points Likert-scale attitude questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive analysis, an independent-samples t-test and Two-Way ANOVA for repeated measures using SPSS 23.0. The results showed a statistically significant difference between the two groups of pre-post test scores on the Two-Way ANOVA, F(1,148)=106.913; η2=.419 ; p<.01. The finding also implies that the blended learning strategy grounded in Vygotsky’s social constructivism cognitive development learning theory had big practical significance on learners’ conceptual knowledge development. Learners viewed the JCLGS as enjoyable and interesting. It was also a socially interactive and collaborative environment that allows learners’ to be reflective, share prior experience and knowledge and independent learners. It encourages them to have a positive attitude towards calculus and GeoGebra. Because of this finding, mathematics and science educators are advised to model a similar blended learning strategy in a classroom instructional setting. It will benefit their learners to adequately construct conceptual knowledge and positively change their attitude towards mathematics.

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Article Type: Research Article

INT ELECT J MATH ED, Volume 15, Issue 1, January 2020, Article No: em0554

https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/5936

Publication date: 24 Sep 2019

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