Which form of the presentation preservice mathematics teachers are more successfull? An Integral Study

Year 2015, Volume: 6 Issue: 3, 418 - 445, 10.12.2015

Sefa Dündar , Yasemin Yılmaz

https://doi.org/10.16949/turcomat.55314

Abstract

In this study, the integral subject in which difficulties mostly seen about learning and understanding in mathematics education has been studied. The aim of this study is to determine that primary (secondary) preservice mathematics teachers’ performance in given tests about the intagral problems’ having same numerical solution but different presentation forms and to find out the causes of the failures in these tests. The mixed method, enriched with regards to quantitative and qualitative datas, has been used. When the preservice teachers’ answers given to the these tests were analyzed, it has been found out their performances differentiate in interclasses and in the same class group. Besides the preservice mathematics teachers have become successfull in tests which have been comprising of symbolic, visual and verbal problems respectively. The preservice teachers have explained their opinions about the reasons of their failures in verbal, visual and symbolic tests, and they have been ciriticised.

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Matematik Öğretmen Adayları Hangi Gösterim Biçiminde Daha Başarılıdır? İntegral Örneği

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Bu çalışmada matematik eğitiminde öğrenme ve anlamada sıkıntıların çokça yaşandığı integral konusu ele alınmıştır. Çalışmanın amacı matematik öğretmen adaylarının integral ile ilgili problemlerin aynı sayısal çözümüne sahip fakat farklı gösterim biçimlerinde verilen testlerdeki performanslarını belirlemek ve farklı gösterim biçimlerinde verilen bu testlerdeki başarısızlıkların nedenlerini ortaya çıkarmaktır. Çalışmada nicel ve nitel veriler bakımından zenginleştirilmiş karma bir yöntem kullanılmıştır. Öğretmen adaylarının farklı gösterimler kullanılarak hazırlanan testlere verdiği cevaplar incelendiğinde sınıflar arası ve aynı sınıf grubu içerisinde performanslarının farklılaştığı bulunmuştur. Öğretmen adayları sırasıyla sembolik, görsel ve sözel problemlerden oluşan testlerde başarılı oldukları ortaya çıkmıştır. Ayrıca öğretmen adayları sözel, görsel ve sembolik testlerdeki başarısızlıklarının arkasında yatan sebepleri ile ilgili görüşlerini açıklayarak değerlendirmelerde bulunulmuştur.

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