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Elementary students' beliefs about mathematics,mathematics' teachers and mathematicians

İlköğretim öğrencilerinin matematik,matematik öğretmenleri ve matematikçiler hakkındaki inançları

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131–145
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2022-10-18
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Furthermore, they mostly pictured mathematicians as unsocial, lonely, angry, quiet who always work with numbers.

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Objective & Hypothesis:The purpose of this study was to uncover the beliefs that elementary school students hold about mathematics.
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Key Findings & Data:Participants were nineteen 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students attending a supplementary school.
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The purpose of this study was to uncover the beliefs that elementary school students hold about mathematics. Participants were nineteen 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students attending a supplementary school. Data were collected by interviews conducted with each participant and pictures of a mathematician they dreamed. Data analysis revealed that students generally interpreted mathematics as consisting of calculation, numbers and operations. Participants usually equated problem solving with solving questions on a test, and being successful at mathematics with speed and correctness in calculation. Similarly, they stated that being smart was necessary to be successful in mathematics. Furthermore, they mostly pictured mathematicians as unsocial, lonely, angry, quiet who always work with numbers.

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Bu araştırmanın amacı, ilköğretim öğrencilerinin matematik hakkındaki düşüncelerini ortaya çıkarmaktır. Araştırmaya bir dershaneye giden on dokuz 6, 7 ve 8. sınıf öğrencisi gönüllü olarak katılmıştır. Öğrencilerle yaklaşık 40 dakika süren görüşmeler yapılmış ve görüşmelerde hayallerindeki matematikçinin resmini çizmeleri istenmiştir. Analizler öğrencilerin, matematiği çoğunlukla hesaplama, sayılar ve işlemler olarak yorumladığını göstermiştir. Öğrenciler problem çözmeyi test sorusu çözmek, matematikte başarılı olmayı ise hızlı ve doğru hesap yapma olarak yorumlamışlardır. Benzer şekilde matematikte başarı için zeki olmanın yeterli olduğunu ve matematikçilerin genelde sayılarla uğraşan, sosyal olmayan, yalnız, içe kapanık, sessiz ve sinirli insanlar olduğunu ifade etmişlerdir.

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PİŞKİN, M., UÇAR, T., AKKAŞ, N., TAŞÇI, D. (2022). Elementary students' beliefs about mathematics,mathematics' teachers and mathematicians. Eğitim ve Bilim, Cilt: 35 - Sayı: 155, 131–145. https://ajindex.com/articles/497749

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