THE EFFECTIVENESS OF POST AND BRENNAN APPROACH IN THE ABILITY TO SOLVE THE SPACE ENGINEERING PROBLEMS AND THE ATTITUDE STUDENTS OF THE FIFTH PREPARATORY CLASS TO LEARN IT

The Target of this research is to know the effectiveness of Post and Brennan approach in the ability to solve the space engineering problems and the attitude students of the fifth preparatory class to learn it. The number of sample students is (98) students distributed randomly into two groups ,actually(49)students in each group. The two groups have been equivalent statistically in some variables as : ( time age by months, Rafin matrix for intelligence, Prior Achievement in Mathematic ).The researcher supplied the necessary requirements for the research he also, determine the scientific subjects, and he also prepares the number of lesson plans for teaching the two groups. The experimental groups have been studied according to the Post and Brennan approach and the controller group studied by the ordinary method. The tool of the research was:- 1. A test of the ability of Space Engineering problems solving prepared by the researcher. It consists of the final (8) problems. 2. A test of the attitude towards learning Space Engineering prepared by the researcher. It consists of the final(30) paragraphs. The total tests was valid and reliable then of the level of difficulty and discriminatory of its paragraphs and all were within the acceptable range of difficulty and discrimination. The results demonstrated the following:Students of the experimental group surpassed their fellows in the controller group in the ability of Space Engineering problems solving and the attitude towards learning it for the males in the fifth preparatory Class . In the light of these results, the researcher concludes that teaching according to thePost and Brennan approach proved its activity in the ability of Space Engineering problems solving and the attitude towards learning it for the males in the fifth preparatory Class , so, he highly recommended the necessity of teaching student and training the mathematics teachers on how to use it.