Associating Mathematical Stories That Are Written by the 8th Grade Students Who Are Studying at Advantageous and Disadvantageous Regions' Schools with Their Mathematical Perceptions: Istanbul Case

Autor/in	Bahadir, Elif
Titel	Associating Mathematical Stories That Are Written by the 8th Grade Students Who Are Studying at Advantageous and Disadvantageous Regions' Schools with Their Mathematical Perceptions: Istanbul Case
Quelle	3 (2017) 4, S.181-215 (35 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2501-1111
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Middle School Students; Story Telling; Writing Assignments; Interdisciplinary Approach; Mathematics Skills; Misconceptions; Creative Writing; Teaching Methods; Grade 8; Geometric Concepts; Socioeconomic Influences; Turkey (Istanbul) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Missverständnis; Kreatives Schreiben; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Elementare Geometrie; Sozioökonomischer Faktor
Abstract	In this study, mathematical stories written by 50 middle school students were analyzed. The study group consisted of two different student groups who were living in advantageous and disadvantageous regions in Istanbul. At the first stage, the students were presented a mathematical story called "My Fractal Tree", then told about what the mathematical story was and asked to write a mathematical story about any subjects. 43 of the stories have story characteristics. The stories were separately analyzed under the headings of "involving a mathematical subject", "having mathematical characteristics or not" and "the math topics students used in their stories". The findings about the contents of the stories were analyzed on 4 main themes; "Mathematics' relations with other subjects", "Perceptions towards mathematics", "Mathematical level" and "Creativity". Students can be seen to have mentioned about the math's relations with other subjects. Students' abilities to use mathematical elements correctly are quite low, their learning about concepts is weak and their misconceptions are too high. Generally, a very plain language is seen in the stories in terms of language expression, but transitions between topics seem weak. Considering the creativity element in the students' writings, advantageous group was seen to have created highly creative stories. "My Fractal Tree" story is appended. (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01