The purpose of the study is to determine students' attitudes towards mathematics, to investigate these attitudes according to the different variables, and to reveal the impacts of mathematics teachers' approaches and in-class activities on the students' attitudes towards mathematics. The study was conducted with the high school students from Turkey. This study was a mixed of the quantitative and qualitative methods. The data obtained from the scales named Mathematics Attitude Scale (MAS) and Mathematics Teachers' Approaches Questionnaire (MTAQ) and the semi-structured interviews. The MAS was used to determine the students'attitudes towards mathematics and the MTAQ was used to assign mathematics teachers' activities and approaches in their lessons. The application of the scales conducted with the 450 students (253 female and 197 male) and the interviews were carried out with the 25 students chosen from the samples. The quantitative data were analyzed by using the statistical software and the qualitative data were analyzed by using the content analysis. The study showed that the students' attitudes towards mathematics differed by, gender, field, and mathematics score but not by grade and that the teachers' approaches and activities impacted the students' attitudes towards mathematics in some aspects.
Bu çalışmanın 4MAT öğrenme stillerine uygun olarak seçilen öğrenme yöntemlerinin matematik öğretmen adaylarının açık uçlu problem çözme başarısı ve problem çözmenin veri, model, çözüm ve geliştirme alt basamakları üzerinde etkisini ortaya çıkarmaktır. Çalışmada tek gruplu ön test-son test modeline dayalı deneysel yöntem kullanılmıştır. Çalışmanın katılımcıları ortaöğretim matematik öğretmeni adaylarından oluşmaktadır. Veri toplama aracı olarak türev ile ilgili kazanımları içeren ara sınav ve dönem sonu sınavlarında sorulan açık uçlu problemler kullanılmıştır. Açık uçlu problemlerin değerlendirilmesinde problemin veri toplama, modelleme, modellemenin çözülmesi ve problemin genişletilmesi basamaklarını içeren araştırmacılar tarafından geliştirilen dereceli puanlama anahtarı yardımıyla elde edilmiştir. Çalışmanın verilerin analizi ile 4MAT öğrenme stillerine uygun olarak seçilen öğrenme yöntemlerinin matematik öğretmen adaylarının açık uçlu problem çözmedeki başarısı, problem çözme basamaklarından veri, model, çözüm ve geliştirme basamakları üzerinde etkisi olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Matematik öğretmen adaylarının problem çözmenin ilk aşaması olan veri basamağında tamamının ve problem çözmenin diğer basamakları olan modeli çözüm ve geliştirme basamaklarındaki tamamına yakınının gelişme göstermiştir. Yıllarca bilgi ve işleme dayalı testten başarılı olmaya alışan öğretmen adaylarının aşina olmadıkları açık uçlu sorulara rağmen gösterdikleri gelişme gelecekte mesleklerinde de gelişime açık olacaklarının dolayısıyla başarılı olacaklarının da bir göstergesidir.
Anahtar Kelimeler: 4 MAT, öğrenme stilleri, türev.
The purpose of this study is the investigation of the compatibility of model eliciting activities of secondary school teacher candidates with design principles. This study was conducted in the scope of Mathematical Modelling course with the students who were the secondary school mathematics teacher candidates. The participants of this case study were thirty-nine mathematics teacher candidates who worked in eight groups. The data of this study consisted of eight model eliciting activities which were created within the eight groups and their analysis. The activities created by the groups were analyzed by document analysis method in terms of design principles that were defined for model eliciting activities. It was concluded that the created model eliciting activities satisfied the construct share ability and reusability principle at minimum while they satisfied the reality principle at maximum. The effective prototype principle could not be determined. It can be ensured that the secondary school mathematics teacher candidates gain more experience by making more implementations related to model eliciting activities. The implementation of model eliciting activities in class can be effective in reducing the modelling deficiencies of secondary school mathematics teacher candidates.
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