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An Investigation of Primary Mathematics Curricula in Terms of Exercises: A Historical Analysis

Year 2017, Volume: 7 Issue: 2, 295 - 317, 03.10.2017
https://doi.org/10.17984/adyuebd.339694

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This study
aims to make a comparative analysis of the curricula documents put into
practice during the Turkish Republican period in terms of exercises as part of
instructional arrangements. The data set for the study was the main official
curricula documents published during the Republican period. The study employed
document analysis method and the documents were examined with content analysis
technique. The analysis of the data yields three main categories with regard
to exercises: objectives, features and teaching arrangements. The comparative
analysis pointed out that there was an increasing emphasis on and importance
attached to the exercises until 1990’s. However, after then, there appeared a
gradual and steady decrease in the emphasis placed on exercises. These
findings were considered in the light of three main movements, whose effects
were all too apparent in mathematics education: behaviourist learning,
meaningful arithmetic and constructivism. We argue that these movements
contributed to the interpretation of the relative importance of exercises for
teaching mathematics and this, in turn, affected the curricular arrangements
through the years. The paper concludes that exercises and relevant arrangements
are a greatly neglected area of the curricula developed especially after 2000
and that the future program development efforts should pay attention to
eliminate this deficiency with the incorporation of carefully designed and
planned practice work.

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İlkokul Matematik Dersi Öğretim Programlarının Alıştırmalar Bağlamında İncelenmesi: Tarihsel Bir Analiz

Year 2017, Volume: 7 Issue: 2, 295 - 317, 03.10.2017
https://doi.org/10.17984/adyuebd.339694

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, Türkiye’de 1926’dan günümüze
Cumhuriyet dönemi ilkokul matematik dersi öğretim programlarında alıştırmalar
için yapılan düzenlemelerin karşılaştırmalı olarak incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır.
Cumhuriyet tarihi boyunca uygulamaya konulan öğretim programlarının yazılı
metinleri araştırmanın veri setini oluşturmuştur. Nitel bir araştırma olan
çalışmada doküman analizi yöntemi kullanılmış olup programlara ilişkin yazılı
veriler içerik analizi yapılarak çözümlenmiştir. Analiz sonucunda, programlarda
alıştırmaların kullanım amaçları, özellikleri ve uygulama sürecine yönelik
düzenlemeler belirlenmiştir. Ayrıca, Cumhuriyetin ilanından itibaren 1990’lı
yıllara gelinceye kadar programların önem verdiği alıştırmalar konusu özellikle
1990’lı yılların sonlarından itibaren önemini kaybetmeye başlamıştır. Öğretim
programlarının alıştırmalar konusundaki düzenlemelerine ilişkin bulgular
davranışçı öğrenme, anlamlı aritmetik ve yapılandırmacılık akımları ışığında
tartışılmıştır. Matematik eğitimi alanında önemli etkileri olan bu akımların
öğretim programlarında alıştırmalarla ilgili düzenlemelerde yaşanan
değişimlerin anlaşılmasında katkıları olduğu belirlenmiştir. Ayrıca ülkemizde
2000’li yıllardan sonra programlar tarafından ihmal edilmeye başlanan
alıştırmaların detaylı düzenlemelerle gelecek program çalışmalarında ele
alınması gereği üzerinde durulmuştur.

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  • Binder, C. (1996). Behavioral fluency: Evolution of a new paradigm. Behavior Analyst, 19, 163-197.
  • Bowen, G. A. (2009). Document analysis as a qualitative research method. Qualitative Research Journal, 9(2), 27-40.
  • Burns, M. K., VanDerHeyden, A. M., & Jiban, C. (2006). Assessing the instructional level for mathematics: A comparison of methods. School Psychology Review, 35, 401-418.
  • Calhoon, M. B., Emerson, R. W., Flores, M., & Houchins, D. E. (2007). Computational fluency performance profile of high school students with mathematics disabilities. Remedial and Special Education, 28, 292-303.
  • Canobi, K. H. (2009). Concept-procedure interactions in children’s addition and subtraction. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 102, 131-149.
  • Clarke, B. & Shinn, M. (2004). A preliminary investigation into the identification and development of early mathematics curriculum-based measurement. School Psychology Review, 33, 234-248.
  • Cohen, J. D., Servan-Schreiber, D., & McCelland, J. C. (1992). A parallel distributed processing approach to automaticity. American Journal of Psychology, 2, 239-269.
  • Corbin, J. & Strauss, A. (1990). Grounded theory research: Procedures, canons, and evaluative criteria. Qualitative Sociology, 13, 3-21.
  • Daly, E. J., Martens, B. K., Barnett, D., Witt, J. C., & Olson, S.C. (2007). Varying intervention delivery in response to intervention: Confronting and resolving challenges with measurement instruction and intensity. School Psychology Review, 36, 562-581.
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  • Ergün, M., Özmantar, M. F., Bay, E., & Agaç, G. (2015). Cumhuriyetin ilanından günümüze eğitimde, program geliştirme de ve matematik programlarında yaşanan değişim ve gelişimler. M. F. Özmantar, A. Öztürk & E, Bay (Eds.), Reform ve değişim bağlamında ilkokul matematik öğretim programları (p. 407-424). Ankara: PegemAkademi.
  • Gersten, R. & Chard, D. (1999). Number sense: Rethinking arithmetic instruction for students with mathematical disabilities. Journal of Special Education, 33, 18-28.
  • Gersten, R., Jordan, N. C., & Flojo, J. R. (2005). Early identification and interventions with mathematics difficulties. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 38, 293-304.
  • Goldman, S. R. & Pellegrino, J. W. (1987). Information processing an educational microcomputer technology: Where do we go from here? Journal of Learning Disabilities, 20, 144-154.
  • Gözütok, F. D. (2003). Türkiye’de program geliştirme çalışmaları. Milli Eğitim Dergisi, 160.
  • Hiebert, J. & Grouws, D. A. (2007). The effects of classroom mathematics teaching on students’ learning. In F. K. Lester (Ed.), Second handbook of research on mathematics teaching and learning (pp. 371–404). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishers.
  • Hogan, D., Chan, M., Rahim, R., Kwek, D., Maung Aye, K., Loo, S. C., & Luo, W. (2013). Assessment and the logic of instructional practice in secondary 3 English and mathematics classrooms in Singapore. Review of Education, 1(1), 57-106.
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  • Kuiper, E. & de Pater-Sneep, M. (2014). Student perceptions of drill-and-practice mathematics software in primary education. Mathematics Education Research Journal, 26(2), 215-236.
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  • Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı Talim ve Terbiye Kurulu Başkanlığı (MEB-TTKB) (2015). İlköğretim matematik dersi (1, 2, 3 ve 4.Sınıflar) öğretim programı. Ankara: MEB.
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  • Ramos-Christian, V., Schleser, R., & Varn, M. E. (2008). Math fluency: accuracy versus speed in preoperational and concrete operational first and second grade children. Early Childhood Education Journal, 35(6), 543-549.
  • Rittle-Johnson, B., Schneider, M., & Star, J. (2015). Not a one-way street: Bi-directional relations between procedural and conceptual knowledge of mathematics. Educational Psychology Review, 27, 587-597.
  • Rivera, D. M. & Bryant, B. R. (1992). Mathematics instruction for students with special needs. Intervention in School & Clinic, 28, 71-86.
  • Sidhu, K. S. (2006). The teaching of mathematics. New Delhi: Sterling Publishers private ltd.
  • Star, J. R. (2005). Reconceptualizing procedural knowledge. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 36, 404-411.
  • Strauss, A. & Corbin, J. (1990). Basic of qualitative research: Grounded theory procedures and techniques. Newbury Park and London: Sage.
  • Tucker, B. F., Singleton, A. H., & Weaver, T. L. (2002). Teaching mathematics to all children. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education.
  • Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Kültür Bakanlığı (TCKB) (1936). İlkokul programı. İstanbul: Devlet Basımevi.
  • Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Maarif Vekaleti (TCMV). (1930). İlk mektep müfredat programı. İstanbul: Devlet Matbaası.
  • Valverde, G. A., Bianchi, L. J., & Wolfe, R. G. (2002). According to the book: Using TIMSS to investigate the translation of policy into practice through the world of textbooks. Springer Science & Business Media.
  • Van de Walle, J., Karp, K. S., & Bay-Williams, J. M. (2010). Elementary and middle school mathematics: teaching developmentally (7th ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
  • Wheatley, G. H. (1991). Constructivist perspectives of science and mathematics learning. Science Education, 75, 9-21.
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Mehmet Fatih Özmantar

Gülay Agaç

Şükrü İlgün

Publication Date October 3, 2017
Acceptance Date October 3, 2017
Published in Issue Year 2017 Volume: 7 Issue: 2

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APA Özmantar, M. F., Agaç, G., & İlgün, Ş. (2017). An Investigation of Primary Mathematics Curricula in Terms of Exercises: A Historical Analysis. Adıyaman University Journal of Educational Sciences, 7(2), 295-317. https://doi.org/10.17984/adyuebd.339694

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
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