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Visual and Non-Visual Representations Used by Elementary School Students When Solving Word Problems

İlkokul Öğrencilerinin Sözel Problem Çözerken Kullandıkları Görsel ve Görsel Olmayan Temsillerin İncelenmesi

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16–34
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2022-11-06
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Accordingly, primary school teachers can be trained to include visual representations in their solutions while solving mathematical problems in their classrooms.

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Objective & Hypothesis:The aim of this study is to determine the visual and non-visual representations that students use while solving problems and examine whether the assumed differences between these representations predict verbal problem solving performance.
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Key Findings & Data:Data were collected from 4th-grade students in Ankara and Adana, Turkey.
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Conclusion & Impact:Accordingly, primary school teachers can be trained to include visual representations in their solutions while solving mathematical problems in their classrooms.
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The aim of this study is to determine the visual and non-visual representations that students use while solving problems and examine whether the assumed differences between these representations predict verbal problem solving performance. For this, the mixed-nested design was chosen. Thematic and relational models were used together. Data were collected from 4th-grade students in Ankara and Adana, Turkey. By examining the correct and incorrect answers to the Mathematical Operations Test and the solutions given to this test, the preferred representation types were determined. As a result of the analyses, although the symbolic representation type was chosen for the solution to each problem in the test, it was seen that the correct answer rates for the questions solved with the schematic representation were higher. In addition, it was determined that the preference of only schematic representation, one of the representation types in the research, predicted problem solving performance. Accordingly, primary school teachers can be trained to include visual representations in their solutions while solving mathematical problems in their classrooms.

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Araştırmanın amacı, öğrencilerin problem çözerken kullandığı görsel ve görsel olmayan temsilleri belirlemek ve bu temsiller arasındaki varsayılan farklılıkların sözel problem çözme performansını yordayıp yordamadığını incelemektir. Araştırmada iç içe karma desen kullanılmıştır. Tematik ve ilişkisel desen kullanılmıştır. Türkiye’nin Ankara ve Adana illerinde bulunan ilkokullarındaki 4. sınıf öğrencilerinden veriler toplanmıştır. Matematiksel İşlem Testi’ne verilen doğru ve yanlış cevaplar ve bu teste verilen çözümler incelenerek tercih edilen temsil türleri belirlenmiştir. Analizler sonuncunda testteki her bir problemin çözümünde sembolik temsil türü tercih edilmesine rağmen şematik temsil ile çözülmüş soruların doğru cevaplanma oranlarının daha yüksek olduğu görülmüştür. Bunun yanında araştırmadaki temsil türlerinden sadece şematik temsili tercih etmenin problem çözme performansını yordadığı belirlenmiştir. Bu doğrultuda ilkokul öğretmenlerinin sınıflarında matematiksel problem çözerken görsel temsilleri de çözüm yollarına dâhil etmeleri konusunda öğretmenlere eğitim verilebilir.

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ALTINER, E. Ç., ÖNAL, H. (2022). Visual and Non-Visual Representations Used by Elementary School Students When Solving Word Problems. Yaşadıkça Eğitim Dergisi, Cilt: 36 - Sayı: 1, 16–34. https://ajindex.com/articles/646524

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