The present study aimed to investigate the effects of geometry instruction activities conducted in nature based on modeling, game-based, and cooperative learning methods on achievement, mathematical motivation, and visual mathematical literacy perceptions of third-grade elementary school students. The present study is a quantitative study conducted with a pre-test/post-test experimental design with a control group. The study was conducted with 61 students (35 students in the experimental group and 26 students in the control group). Modeling-, game-, and collaborative learning-based activities were conducted with the students in the experimental group. It was determined that the achievements of students who were instructed with modeling-based activities in geometry were high when compared to that of the students instructed with collaborative learning- and game-based methods, and those in the control group where no intervention was applied. This group was followed by the game-based and collaborative learning groups. Based on the variable of motivation, the mean motivation of the students in the modeling group was higher when compared to that of the students in the collaborative learning, game-based, and conventional instruction groups. This group was followed by the collaborative and game-based learning groups. Also, based on the visual mathematical literacy perception variable, the mean visual mathematics literacy perception of the students in the collaborative learning group was higher when compared to that of the students in the groups where the modeling, game-based, and conventional instruction methods were used. This group was followed by the modeling and game-based learning groups.
The aim of the study was to determine the impact of project-based learning on academic achievements of vocational school of higher education students and to investigate their views on the topic. In the study, a mixed descriptive design where qualitative and quantitative data were both collected and analyzed. The quantitative part was conducted with relational screening method and the qualitative part was conducted with descriptive analysis method. The study group included 13 freshmen students attending the vocational school of higher education, building inspection program in a university located in Eastern Anatolia region in Turkey during the 2016-2017 academic year spring semester and selected with convenience sampling method. The study was conducted during the 14 weeks long period where the related programming course was instructed. In the study, quantitative data were collected with an achievement test that measured the academic achievements of the students in AutoCAD programming course. The qualitative data were collected with a structured interview form designed to collect the student views on the related course. Quantitative data were analyzed with the t-test and the descriptive analysis method was used to analyze the qualitative data. In conclusion, it was determined that project-based learning had a positive impact on academic achievement. Furthermore, students expressed that they achieved meaningful learning as a result of the project-based learning application and the method was adequate for the instruction process, improved their interest in the course and related the content with daily life.
The purpose of this study is to examine the sub-dimensions of approach towards research of college students, according to the variables of gender, class, taking a scientific research class or not, and studying in an associate or undergraduate program. The sample of this study is composed of 250 associate degree and 403 undergraduate degree students which have been selected with a suitable sampling method for this study which was carried out with universal screening method. A suitable sampling method has been selected for the easily reachable and applicable individuals being available, as for the constraints of time, money and manpower. The reason of including these students into the research group is the inclusion of a scientific research methods class in their curriculum. As the data collection tool, approach scale towards research which was developed by Çelik, Gazioğlu and Pesen (2012) was selected. For the analysis of the data, independent sampling t-test, oneway variance analysis, normality and Levene test were applied. According to the results obtained from the study, a significant difference was found in the sub-dimensions of interest, importance and motivation which are part of the sub-dimension of approach towards research as a subject of the study, for gender difference. However there has been no significant difference in subdimensions of usefulness and anxiety. Also, no significant difference was detected for the sub-dimensions of interest, importance and motivation when compared for the class variable and the variable of having a scientific research class or not. When compared for the associate/undergraduate degrees, there has been a significant difference for the sub-dimensions of the study which are importance, motivation and anxiety, however, no significant difference has been found for sub-dimensions of interest and usefulness. Considering the approach of the college students towards research, we might say that additional optional classes could be added into the curriculum, together with the research methods class.
Talim ve Terbiye Kurulu Başkanlığı (TTKB) tarafından yayınlanmış olan ortaokul matematik dersi öğretim programları belirlenen amaçlar (hedefler), içerik (öğrenme ve alt öğrenme alanları), hedeflenen yetkinlikler, kazanımlar, beceriler ve ders saatleri bütünüyle karşılaştırılarak incelenmiştir. Bu sebeple çalışmada, nitel analiz yöntemlerinden doküman incelenmesi tekniği tercih edilmiştir. Bu yöntem doğrultusunda çalışma; araştırma problemlerini belirleme, veri toplama, verileri değerlendirme, bulguları analiz etme, yorumlama (araştırılan konu hakkında edinilen bilgiyi değerlendirme) ve ilgili araştırmacılara önerilerde bulunma şeklinde altı adımda yürütülmüştür. Veriler 2005'ten 2018'e kadar MEB TTKB tarafından yayınlanmış olan yedi ortaokul matematik dersi öğretim programını karşılaştırmaya imkân tanıyacak şekilde hazırlanan kodlama anahtarı ile analiz edilmiştir. Araştırma bulguları neticesinde 2005'ten 2009'a kadar geliştirilen matematik dersi öğretim programlarının amaçlarının sayısının genel anlamda azaltıldığı, sadeleştirildiği ve daha anlaşılır hale getirildiği, öğrenme alanlarında birtakım düzenlemelerin yapıldığı, kazandırılması düşünülen yetkinlikler ve becerilerin sayısının arttırıldığı tespit edilmiştir. Ayrıca öğretim programındaki kazanımlar düzenlenerek, birleştirilerek veya güncellenerek daha yalın bir hale getirilerek azaltılmış ve matematiğe verilen önem noktasında ders süreleri dörtte bir oranında artırılmıştır. Bu alanda çalışma yapmak isteyen araştırmacılara matematik dersi öğretim programlarına ait amaçlar, öğrenme alanları, hedeflenen yetkinlikler ve beceriler, kazanımlar ve ders saatleri arasındaki ilişkileri analiz eden yeni araştırmalar yapmaları önerilmiştir.Anahtar sözcükler: ortaokul matematik dersi öğretim programları, program değerlendirme, matematik eğitimi.
The concepts of commitment and anxiety are essential components of the teaching process, and these concepts come across as the commitment to and concern of mathematics in the field of mathematics learning. This study aims to explore the effect of secondary school students’ mathematics class commitment and anxiety on mathematics success. Another subject studied is the direct and indirect effects of the mathematics class commitment and anxiety on mathematics success. The study is of the quantitative method and follows the survey method. The research was carried out with 488 pupils (257 female and 231 male), selected with simple random sampling, studying in a secondary school in a province in the Turkey’s Eastern Anatolia Region. “Personal Information Form”, “Student Engagement in Mathematics Scale” and “Mathematics Anxiety-Apprehension Scale” was applied to the secondary school students as data collection tools. Significant relationships and effects have been identified between the secondary school students’ mathematics class commitment and anxiety and their mathematics success. In addition, the direct and indirect effects of mathematics class commitment on success and anxiety in mathematics have also been calculated.
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