Open AccessEffect of Brain-based Learning in Developing Spatial Ability of Ninth Grade Students with Low Achievement in Mathematics
Author(s) -
Ahmad Al-Tarawneh,
Awad Faek Altarawneh,
Wejdan Karaki
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of educational and social research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.162
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2239-978X
pISSN - 2240-0524
DOI - 10.36941/jesr-2021-0112
Subject(s) - ninth , mathematics education , spatial ability , sample (material) , perception , psychology , spatial learning , medical education , cognition , medicine , chemistry , physics , chromatography , neuroscience , acoustics
This study aimed to investigate the impact of a brain-based learning training programme on improving the spatial abilities of a sample of ninth grade elementary school students in Karak Province, Jordan. The study approach is quasi-experimental, the research sample consisted of 60 students selected by the intentional method. After being divided into two groups, 30 students were in the control group and 30 students were in the experimental group. To achieve the objectives of the study, a training programme based on brain-based learning was developed. Seven tests which consisted of spatial perception, spatial visualisation, and spatial orientation were used to measure spatial capacity and its components. The results showed that the training programme improved spatial ability and its three components in the experimental group compared to the control group. Received: 29 March 2021 / Accepted: 5 July 2021 / Published: 5 September 2021