The Effect of Using Strategic Flowchart of Mathematics Concepts on the Achievement and Anxiety of 7th Grades, Students in the Governmental Schools in Jenen

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of using flowchart strategy in math achievement and anxiety among the students of the seventh grade in the Jenin district public schools, compared to the traditional method. The study tried to answer the following two questions: 1. How effective is the use of flowchart strategy in math achievement and anxiety among the students of the seventh grade? 2. Is there a relationship between the average student achievement in mathematics and their average responses on a scale of anxiety among the students of the seventh grade? To answer my study questions, and test the hypotheses, the researcher used the method quasi-experimental, where the study population consisted of all students in the seventh grade in the city of Jenin (3639), and applied to the study sample consisting of (149) male and female students from the seventh grade, in Jenin Basic Boys, School , and Burhan Alddin Alaboshi Basic Girls, School, subsidiaries of the Directorate of Education in Jenin for the academic year 2012/2013. These two schools have been chosen deliberately to implement the pilot study. The students were divided into two experimental groups one used strategic flowchart and consisted of (67) male and female students, the males were (38) and the females were (38). Another officer studied the traditional way distributed in Divisions of (73) male and female students. The males were (36) and the females were (37). The tools that the study used : • Pre- achievement test in the study of Haj Yahya (2011), so as to ensure parity between the two study groups (control and experimental), was sure of its validity and objectivity, which was treated by (0.88). • Post- achievement test, to measure students, achievement after the completion of the engineering unit, has been to ensure the veracity of the test submitting it to a panel of arbitrators, and the expense of stability was (0.81). • A measure of anxiety in the study of mathematics Kariri (2011), was presented to a panel of arbitrators and necessary adjustments were made to suit the Palestinian environment, stability coefficient was calculated by the way of Cronbach's alpha value which was 0.75. The researcher analyzed the data using a t-test for two independent samples, and Pearson correlation coefficient. To test the hypotheses of the study, data were analyzed using statistical software packages for Educational Sciences (SPSS) and the statistical analysis showed the following results: 1. There is a statistically significant difference at the level of (a = 0.05) between the average achievement in test achievement between students in the experimental group (who studied using flowchart) and the students in the control group (who studied in the traditional way) attributable to the method of teaching, and in favor of the experimental group. There is also a difference in the middle of achievement in rankings sports content (concepts, generalizations, and algorithms, and problem solving) and in favor of the pilot group as well. 2. There is no difference statistically significant at the level (α = 0.05) between the average responses of students of the experimental group (who studied using strategic flowchart) and the responses of students in the control group (who studied using the traditional way) after the implementation of the study on a scale of anxiety of mathematics attributable to the method of teaching and in favor of the experimental group. 3. There is a positive correlation high and statistically significant (0.896) between high achievement in mathematics and the low level of anxiety among the students of the seventh grade. In light of these results, the researcher recommended a number of important recommendations for further studies on the use of flowchart knowledge at all levels and all ages in order to detect their effectiveness, and training teachers to use new teaching strategies, including the strategy of flowchart.