THE EFFECT OF THE MODIFIED CORT PROGRAMME IN ENHANCING CRITICAL THINKING AND IMPROVING MOTIVATION TO LEARN AMONG STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES IN MATHEMATICS

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2014-09
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Y. M. MELHEM, TAREQ
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The purposes of this study were to construct a training programme based on the CoRT programme and to measure its effects in enhancing critical thinking (CT) and improving motivation to learn for sixth grade student with Learning Difficulties (LDs) in mathematics in Jordan. The pre-test-post-test control-group design, which is a popular approach to the quasi-experimental statistical research, was used in the study, in which the independent variable was the modified CoRT programme (MCoRTP) exposed to the experimental group, while the control group was not given any training. There were two dependent variables in this study, namely, the level of students’ CT skills and their motivation to learn (MTL). Two instruments were used, a critical thinking test (CTT), which assessed the students’ level of critical thinking, and a questionnaire for assessing the level of their MTL. These instruments were applied to the sample of the study as both pre-test and post-test. The sample consisted of 93 sixth-grade students from schools in First Amman Educational Directorate in Jordan. The participants of the sample were distributed into two groups. After that, one group was randomly chosen to be the experimental group, and the other one to be the control group. A total of 43 (male=21, female=22) students received the MCoRTP, while 50 (male=25, female=25) did not receive any training. All the students had LDs in mathematics only and were enrolled at learning resources rooms in regular schools. This study used quantitative method. The collected data analyses were carried out using analysis of covariance (1 and 2 way ANCOVA) to xix measure the effects of the training programme in enhancing the level of CT and improving the level of MTL. Results showed that the training programme had a very large -sized effect on the participants' CT and MTL. Gender was found to be of significant effect on the participants' CT and MTL in the post-test, when the effect of the pre-test results of the CTT and questionnaire of the MTL of the students is controlled. However, the interaction between gender and group significant differences were found favouring to the male students in the post-test of the CTT , when the effect of the pre-test results of the CTT of the students is controlled. While the pre-test was controlled, the score of female students exceeded the male students in the post-test of the MTL.
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THE EFFECT OF THE MODIFIED CORT PROGRAMME IN ENHANCING
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