This study aims at measuring the effectiveness of a Multimedia-Based Program to acquire applied mathematics prerequisites at Prospective Teachers in the third year in the Faculty of Education, Mathematics Section, and learning transfer of applied mathematics prerequisites for achievement in the new learning situation. 26 Prospective Teachers in the third year had not studied applied mathematics in the secondary school or in the university stage, divided into 13 as an experimental group, and 13 as a control group according to scores of pretest of mathematics prerequisites. Two tools used in the study, applied mathematics achievement test, and applied mathematics prerequisites test. The results of the study show that: 1) There is significant statistical difference in prerequisites test for experimental group students who had studied applied mathematics program, as a result of the program efficiency in acquiring applied mathematics prerequisites; 2) There is significant statistical difference in applied mathematics achievement test for experimental group students who had studied applied mathematics program, as a result of the program effectiveness in transfer of prerequisite learning to applied mathematics achievement in new learning situations. As a practical result of this study the Faculty of Education in Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt considered the study results and recommendations and changed the low of entering mathematics section in the faculty of education.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13140/rg.2.1.2619.8803
Publish Year: 2004
