Mathematics Teachers’ Attitudes in Jordan toward Using Social Media (Facebook) in Teaching Mathematics

Authors

  • د. مؤنس أديب ذياب حمادنه
  • أ. سوزان عبد عبد اللطيف الشواهين

Keywords:

attitudes, Social Media, Facebook, Mathematics Teachers.

Abstract

The study aimed at identifying the mathematics’
teachers attitude in Jordan toward using social
media (facebook) in teaching mathematics, the
sample of the study consists of (80) male and female
teachers that forms (50%) of the total population
of the of the study (160) male and female teachers,
those who teach high elementary stage in North
East Badia Directorate. The sample was chosen in
stratified random method, due to the nature of the
study descriptive method was used and to achieve
the study’s outcomes trends scale was set up
consisting of (27) items, reliability and validity of
the scale was examined.
The study showed that the attitudes of
mathematics’ teachers in Jordan toward using
social media were with high positive degree, there
were no statistically significant differences at the
level of significance (a = 0.05) due to the variable
sex. There were statistically significant differences
at the level of significance (a = 0.05) attributed
to the educational qualification variable, and in
favor of (graduate) , as well as the presence of
statistically significant differences at the level of
significance (a = 0.05) due to the variable teaching
experience, and for the duration of experience (5
years or more).

Published

2017-08-09

How to Cite

حمادنه د. م. أ. ذ., & الشواهين أ. س. ع. ع. ا. (2017). Mathematics Teachers’ Attitudes in Jordan toward Using Social Media (Facebook) in Teaching Mathematics. Journal of Al-Quds Open University for Educational & Psychological Research & Studies, 5(18). Retrieved from https://journals.qou.edu/index.php/nafsia/article/view/248

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