The Effect of the Layered Curriculum Method on the Students’ Achievement in “Area Measurement”

The purpose of this research is to examine the effect of the Layered Curriculum Method on the students’ achievement in the teaching of “Area Measurement” of the 6th grades’ mathematics lesson. This research was conducted at a state secondary school in the second semester of 2014-2015 academic year. The study group was composed of 107 sixth grade students. The quasi-experimental research design with a pre- and post-test and a paired control group were used in the study. One of the 6th grades was determined as experimental group; the other two classes were determined as control groups. Students in the experimental group were taught according to the Layered Curriculum Method, while students were taught based on the lecture and question-answer methods in control groups. An academic achievement test with 21 item developed by the researcher was applied to the three groups as pre-test and post-test. Parametric and non-parametric techniques were used to interpret the data. As a result of the research, it was found that Layered Curriculum Method had statistically significant positive effects on achievement of the students