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Effect of using cognitive tools on students' thinking skills in model generation activities

Model Oluşturma Etkinliklerinde Bilişsel Araç Kullanımının Öğrenci Düşünme Becerilerine Etkisi

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101–129
Publication Date
2019-04-10
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The obtained CTM scores showed that the cognitive tool utilized in the current study highly contributed to the Critical Thinking skills, while it had slight contributions to the Creative Thinking skills.

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Objective & Hypothesis:The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of using cognitive tools on 8th grade students’ thinking skills through model construction processes with model eliciting activities.
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Key Findings & Data:The study was conducted with 46 secondary school-8th grade students.
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Conclusion & Impact:The obtained CTM scores showed that the cognitive tool utilized in the current study highly contributed to the Critical Thinking skills, while it had slight contributions to the Creative Thinking skills.
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⚙️Variables:Bilişsel araç · karmaşık düşünme modeli · matematiksel modelleme

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The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of using cognitive tools on 8th grade students’ thinking skills through model construction processes with model eliciting activities. The study was conducted with 46 secondary school-8th grade students. Six different modeling activities existing in literature were used as data collection tools. Students in experimental group solved the modeling problems with the help of spreadsheets, which was used as the cognitive tool, while control group solved the same problems with traditional methods. Conducted mathematical operations and letters written by students during problem-solving processes were taken into consideration. They were analyzed under following titles that are based on Complex Thinking Model (CTM): “Critical Thinking”, “Creative Thinking” and “Complex Thinking”, and thus CTM scores were calculated accordingly. The results of the analyses indicated that students identified six different aspects of the cognitive tools, which were “facilitation, reduced effort for computation, time saving, and concentration on the problem, accurate information, and easy access to information”. The obtained CTM scores showed that the cognitive tool utilized in the current study highly contributed to the Critical Thinking skills, while it had slight contributions to the Creative Thinking skills.

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Bu araştırmanın amacı 8.sınıf öğrencilerinin model oluşturma etkinlikleri ile model oluşturma süreçlerinde bilişsel araç kullanımının öğrencilerin düşünme becerileri gelişimindeki etkisini ortaya çıkarmaktır. Araştırma 46 ortaokul 8. sınıf öğrencisi ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Temel veri toplama aracı olarak literatürde yer alan 6 adet model oluşturma etkinliği kullanılmıştır. Deney grubundaki öğrenciler model oluşturma etkinliklerini bilişsel araç olarak kullanılan hesap çizelgesi yardımıyla, kontrol grubu ise geleneksel yöntemler ile çözmüşlerdir. Problemlerin çözüm sürecinde öğrencilerin yaptıkları işlemler ve yazdıkları mektuplar göz önünde bulundurulup bu veriler Karmaşık Düşünme Modeli (KDM)’ne göre “Kritik Düşünme”, “Yaratıcı Düşünme” ve “Karmaşık Düşünme” ana başlıkları altında analiz edilmiş ve KDM puanları oluşturulmuştur. Araştırmada elde edilen verilerden; öğrencilerin “kolaylaştırma, işlem azlığı, zamandan tasarruf, probleme yoğunlaşma, doğru bilgi ve bilgiye kolay ulaşım” olmak üzere bilişsel araçta altı farklı özellik buldukları tespit edilmiştir. Elde edilen KDM puanlarından, bu çalışmada kullanılan bilişsel aracın en fazla Kritik Düşünme becerisine olumlu katkı sağladığı tespit edilirken Yaratıcı Düşünme becerisine katkısının beklenen düzeyde olmadığı gözlemlenmiştir.

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Akyol, D., ŞENDURUR, P. (2019). Effect of using cognitive tools on students' thinking skills in model generation activities. Türk Bilgisayar ve Matematik Eğitimi Dergisi, Cilt: 10 - Sayı: 1, 101–129. https://ajindex.com/articles/241283

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