The effect in Using Three Computer Programs on the Academic Achievement of 10th Grade Students in Mathematics and their Motivation toward its learning in Qabatia Directorate (Comparative Study)

The objective of this study was to conduct a comparison in using three computer programs, these are: Geogebra, Graphmatica, and functions gropler in tenth grade students achievement in the functions and its graphics, and their motivation towards learning mathematics in Qabatiya Directorate. Essentially, the research tried to answer the following main question: What is the impact of using three computer programs on the achievement of tenth grade students achievement in the unit of functions and its graphics and their motivation towards learning mathematics in Qabatiya directorate? Answering the study question and testing its hypotheses, the researcher used the experimental approach. The study population consisted of all the tenth grade students in Qabatiya Directorate, and the study was applied on a sample of (125) students of the tenth grades in the schools of Ibn Alibtar 2nd Basic school and Martyr Ezzat Abu Alrob High School, where the sample was divided into into four groups, the first experimental group studied the content of fucntions and graphics unit from the mathematics textbook for the tenth grade using Geogebra, the second experimental group studied the same unit using Graphmatica, the third experimental group studied the same unit using functions gropler program, and the fourth group that was the control group learned the same unit following the traditional method, during the first semester of the scholastic year (2015-2016), where the following tools were used on the study sample: - Post test for measuring the students' achievement after finishing learning the functions and graphics unit. The test reliability was validated using judgment, and its reliability was (0.873). - Motivation assessment towards learning mathematics for the four groups consisted of (20) items, where the assessment was distributed after the unit learning finished, and its validity was tested by judging, and its reliability was (0.896). The data was processed using One Way Analysis of Variance (ANCOVA) and Post Hoc (LSD) to test the study hypotheses, where the data was analyzed using the statistical package for the social sciences. The research came up with a set of results, most important were the following: There were significant differences at the level of (=0.05) in the means in the students achievements in the post test related to the method of teaching using the programs: (Geogebra, Graphmatica, functions gropler and the traditional method). To perform the comparisons between the four groups, the researcher used Post Hoc LSD, which revealed that: - In the total degree of achievement, the results showed the existence of significant differences between the four groups in favor of the three computer programs, but no statistically significant differences were found between the two programs Geogebra, Graphmatica, and Functions gropler, in favor of Graphmatica program. - At the level of conceptual knowledge the results found significant differences between the four groups in favor of the three programs, with no differences between the three programs, Geogebra, Graphmatica, and functions gropler. - At the level of procedural knowledge, the outcomes showed statistically significant differences between the four groups in favor of the three programs with significant differences between Geogebra and grapmatica, and significant differences between Geogebra and functions gropler, in favor of Geogebra, and significant differences between graphmatica and functions gropler in favor of graphmatica. - At the level of problems solving, significant differences were found between the four groups, in favor of the three programs, with no differences between Geogebra and graphmatica, but significant differences between Geogebra and functions gropler, in favor of Geogebra, and significant differences between graphmatica and and functions gropler, in favor of graphmatica. There were statistically significant differences at the level of (=0.05) in the students motivation means, on the motivation scale towards learning mathematics related to the teaching method using Geogebra, Graphmatica, functions gropler and the traditional method. Comparing between the four groups, LSD test was used by the researcher. The results showed statistical differences between the four groups in favor of the three programs and the existence of of statistical differences between Geogebra and Graphmatica in favor of Graphmatica, as well as differences between Geogebra and functions gropler, in favor of Geogebra, and differences between graphmatica and functions gropler in favor of graphmatica.