Effect of Brain-based Learning in Developing Spatial Ability of Ninth Grade Students with Low Achievement in Mathematics

Ahmad Al-Tarawneh; Awad Faek  Altarawneh; Wejdan Kh. Abd  Al-Aziz Karaki

doi:10.36941/jesr-2021-0112

Authors

Ahmad Al-Tarawneh Associate Professor, Psychology Department, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Mutah University, Mutah, Jordan
Awad Faek Altarawneh Assistant Professor, Department of Teaching and Curriculum, Faculty of Educational Sciences, The Hashemite University, P.O.B. 330127, Zarqa 13133, Jordan
Wejdan Kh. Abd Al-Aziz Karaki Associate Professor, Psychology Department, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Mutah University, Mutah, Jordan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36941/jesr-2021-0112

Keywords:

spatial ability, spatial perception, spatial orientation, spatial visualisation

Abstract

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