Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of mathematics
literacy education on secondary school sixth graders on the success of
mathematics literacy and to examine the changes in attitudes and motivations
towards mathematics. The study was on the 56 sixth grade students who goes to
the of a state secondary school in Bursa. In this study, a mixed method is used
which is a combination of qualitative and quantitative research. In this research,
mathematical literacy training was given to the experimental group for 12
weeks, while the control group continued teaching according to the principles
in the mathematics teaching program. Mathematics Literacy Test was applied to
the students as pre-test and post-test. The mathematical motivation scale was
applied to the experimental and control groups in order to investigate whether
the application was effective on the motivation of the students. Finally, at
the end of the training, the students were asked to write a letter to explain
their feelings and thoughts about the educational process and these letters
were subjected to content analysis. As a result of the findings, it has been observed that mathematics
literacy training significantly increased the mathematical literacy
achievements of sixth grade students. Moreover, as a result of the application,
it has been detected that the attitudes of the sixth grade students towards
mathematics change positively and increased motivation. The letter content from
the students showed that they are positive developments in motivation towards
emotional and learning.