“Mathematical information processing skills of mathematics department students and their relationship to their mental processes”

Abstract

     The research aimed to know the relationship between mathematical information processing and its relationship to mental processes among fourth-stage students in the Department of Mathematics in the College of Education. To achieve the goal, the following hypotheses were developed:

1. There are no statistically significant differences at a significance level of (0.05) between the theoretical (hypothetical) average and the arithmetic average of students' scores in the mathematical information processing test.
2. There are no statistically significant differences at a significance level of (0.05) between the theoretical (hypothetical) average and the arithmetic average of students' scores in the mental operations test.
3. There is no statistically significant correlation at a level of (0.05) between students' scores in the mathematical information processing and mental operations tests.

    The research community included (326) male and female students, of whom (190) students were in the morning study and (136) students were in the evening study, representing the fourth stage in the Department of Mathematics at the College of Education / Al-Mustansiriya University for the academic year (2023-2024). The research sample was chosen intentionally and included all fourth-stage students in the evening study from the students of the total community for the morning and evening studies. The Statistical Package for Educational and Psychological Sciences (SPSS) was used to interpret the research results, which reached:

     Sciences (SPSS) was used to interpret the research results, which reached:

1. Possession of fourth-stage students in evening study of mathematical information processing skills.
2. Possession of fourth-stage students in evening study of mental processes.
3. The existence of a positive and statistically significant correlation at a significance level of (0.05) between the average scores of the mathematical information processing skills test and the average scores of the mental operations test.

    In light of the results, a number of conclusions, recommendations and appropriate proposals were developed.