The Effectiveness of Implementing a Mathematics Lesson Plan with a Study Approach on Critical Thinking (Case Study: Ninth Grade Male and Female Students in Tehran)

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1 Ph.D. candidate in Curriculum, Department of Educational Sciences, Roudehen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Roudehen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen, Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Roudehen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen, Iran

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the implementation of mathematics lesson plan with a lesson study approach on critical thinking in ninth grade male and female students in Tehran. Mathematics lesson was developed with a lesson study approach and then using a quantitative method of semi-experimental type pre-test and post-test with a control group with a role that adjusts the gender of students.Data collection tools; Demographic questions and a critical thinking questionnaire were used. Yes, this research is in the qualitative part; The heads of the departments and one of the secretaries, members of the mathematics departments of the19districts of Tehran,were selected by numerical sampling method, for a total of 38 students, and in the quantitative section,120ninth grade male and female students. Inferential statistics such as univariate analysis of covariance (MANOVA), multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) and two-way analysis of variance were used to test the research hypotheses.The results showed that the implementation of the ninth grade math lesson plan with a lesson study approach is effective on critical thinking and its components.Analysis;, evaluation, ;inference;, inductive; reasoning and deductive reasoning) And the components of students' gender have a moderating role.

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