The Obstacles that Face the Usage of Teaching Aids from the Viewpoint of Teachers of Mathematics for the Basic Stage at Public School in Nablus District

This study aimed at identifying the obstacles that hinder the use of the instructional aids in the mathematics curriculum of the basic stage from the teachers 'viewpoint. Specifically, this study aimed at answering the following questions: 1-What are the obstacles that hinder the use of the instructional aids in teaching mathematics in the basic stage in the public schools in Nablus District from the teachers 'viewpoint? 2-Is there a difference in the teachers’ viewpoint concerning the obstacles that hinder the use of instructional aids in teaching mathematics due to the variables of: gender, qualification, major, years of experience, and the educational stage. The sample of the study consisted of (395) male and female teachers averaged (12%) from the study population, who were teaching mathematics in the public schools in Nablus District in the second scholastic year (2000/2001). The researcher designed a questionnaire which was sent to eleven juries to ensure its validity. Moreover, Alpha- Formula was used to compute the reliability of questionnaire which reached (0.94). After that, the questionnaire was administered to the members of the sample of the study (3 95) male and female teachers. (306) teachers (77% of the whole population) responded to the questionnaire . The data obtained from the questionnaire were analyzed using the (SPSS). The findings of the study were: 1-The obstacles that hinder the use of the instructional aids are: the scarcity of the screens in the classrooms, the scarcity of specialized persons in instructional aids, the lack of the rooms, the lack of the modem instructional aids, the lack of the motives to the teachers who use the instructional aids, the use of chalkboard and the pictures, and the fact that teachers do not contribute to the design of the curriculum. 2- There was no statistical significant difference in the degree of the obstacles that hinder the use of the instructional aids in teaching mathematics to the basic stage in the public schools in Nablus District due to the gender of the teacher and specialization. 3- There was a statistical significant difference in the degree of the obstacles that hinder the use of the instructional aids in teaching mathematics to the basic stage in the public schools in Nablus District due to the degree in favor of the teachers who hold B.A degrees. 4-There was a statistical significant difference in the degree of the obstacles that hinder the use of the instructional aids in teaching mathematics to the basic stage in the public schools in Nablus District due to experience in favor of the teachers who have more than ten years experience. 5-There was a statistical significant difference in the degree of the obstacles that hinder the use of the instructional aids in teaching mathematics to the basic stage in the public schools in Nablus District due to the educational stage in favor ofthe teachers who teach the grades (1-4). In the light of these findings, the researcher recommended that the specialized departments in the Ministry of Education should provide schools with all the services and the technical abilities. It was also recommended that more attention should be given to the instructional aids by training some teachers to produce these aids. Moreover, the researcher recommended that the curricula department should increase the instructional aids in the mathematics curricula.