College of Education for Pure Science

Master Thesis Viva in the College of Education for Pure Science entitled ” Impact of Employing Kolb Model in Teaching Mathematics on Second Intermediate School Students’ Achievement and Reducing Their Mind Wandering ”

The College of Education for Pure Science, University of Mosul, has done the Master Thesis Viva entitled ” Impact of Employing Kolb Model in Teaching Mathematics on Second Intermediate School Students’ Achievement and Reducing Their Mind Wandering ”

On Wednesday, July 12, 2023, the College staff including the respected Dean of the College, Assistant Professor Dr. Qais Ismail Ibrahim, the Honorable Scientific Associate and Administrative Associate, the Honorable Head of the Department of Mathematics, and a number of the college’s teachers were attended the viva.

The aim of this study, presented by the Master student Hussein Samir Maarouf koprulu in the Department of Mathematics, is to employ Kolb’s model in teaching mathematics and investigating its effect on the achievement and reducing mind wandering among second intermediate school students. To verify this goal, three null hypotheses have been formulated. The first is related to mathematics achievement, and the last two are related to the level of reducing mind wandering among prescribed students. To verify these hypotheses, the researcher select an intentional sample from the second year students in Altun Kopri Secondary School for Boys in Kirkuk Governorate for the academic year (2022-2023). Their total number is (40) students, divided into two groups; experimental and control groups, (20) students each. Both groups are equivalent in such variables; (intelligence, mathematics average for the first and second semesters of the first year, pre-test in mind wandering, Kolb’s method, and parents’ educational attainment). The experimental group has been taught according to Kolb’s model and the control group according the traditional method.

The necessary instruments for the research have been prepared, including the scientific materials, formulating the behavioural objectives of the specific materials, preparing the teaching plans for teaching the experimental and control groups according to Kolb’s model and the traditional method. Two instruments have been prepared; the first is an achievement test of (20) items, and the second is the mind wandering scale of (29) items. The two instruments are characterized by face and content validity, and reliability, and the discriminatory power of their items is tested, and they are all within the acceptable range.

The experiment lasts from the first semester of the academic year (2022-2023), as the pre-test for mind wandering has conducted on (18/10/2022), until (3/1/2023), as the mind wandering scale has administered. The experiment starts on (19/10/2022) and continue for an entire semester with five lessons per week. The total number is (53) lessons. The post application of the mind wandering scale takes place on (4/1/2023), Then, the achievement test has applied on (8/1/2023).

The Viva committee was chaired by Prof. Dr. Abdul Wahid Hamid Thamer Al-Kubaisi/University of Anbar / College of Education for Human Sciences and the membership of Asst. Prof. Dr. Asim Ahmed Khalil/University of Mosul / College of Education for Human Sciences, Asst. Prof. Dr. Hussein Obaid Dahwi/University of Mosul / College of Education for Pure Science and under the supervision and membership of both Prof. Dr. Enas Younis Mustafa Al Azwo, University of Mosul, College of Education for Pure Science and Lamia Hazem Saadoune ALTai /University of Mosul / College of Education for Pure Science