The relationship between performance on the test of linking mathematical concepts and academic achievement in mathematics among female students in the College of Education

The current study aimed to reveal the relationship between performance on the test of linking mathematical concepts and academic achievement in mathematics among female students of the College of Education, University of Kuwait, and to find out the statistically significant differences. To achieve this goal, the researcher followed the descriptive, correlational approach due to its suitability to the phenomenon studied, and the researcher used the (study) tool. It consists of two Bonus tests based on linking mathematical concepts and academic achievement in mathematics in the study sample, which consists of (250) female students from the College of Education, Kuwait University. They were chosen randomly and were divided as follows: The second semester of the university academic year (2023). : (110) female students distributed into two study sections (55) in each section, and the summer semester for the university academic year (2023): (121) female students distributed into two study sections, in the first section (57) students and in the second (64) students, and it was completed. Reject the two study hypotheses and accept the alternative hypotheses based on the value of the Eta square (²η) and determining the size and level of the effect. Most of the effect levels were moderate, and their effect size ranged between(0.393 - 0.939).
The study recommended that the starting point in teaching mathematics and its curricula should be from the level of understanding in the cognitive field of Bloom’s taxonomy to the higher levels, and not from the level of memorization, so that the learner can link the ideas and concepts of mathematics instead of memorizing them automatically, and the need for Ministry of Education officials to pay attention to State of Kuwait for teaching strategies, which are based on activating the learner’s role in the classroom and trying to link mathematics concepts so that this reflects positively on their academic achievement. (.