Prospective Mathematics Teachers’ Awareness About Digital Mathematics Games Designed with Scratch

Year 2023, Volume: 20 Issue: 1, 126 - 149, 17.04.2023

Seher Avcu

https://doi.org/10.33711/yyuefd.1178451

Cited By: 2

Abstract

This study is a phenomenological study focusing on prospective middle school mathematics teachers’ awareness of digital mathematics games. The participants selected by criterion sampling method are fifteen prospective middle school mathematics teachers who attended coding with Scratch training and designed digital mathematics games with Scratch. Four-item open-ended questionnaire related to the use of digital mathematics games in mathematics education was used to collect the data of this study. Interviews related to the questions in the questionnaire were conducted. The data of this study were analyzed using the content analysis method. The findings of the study showed that the prospective middle school mathematics teachers had some awareness about the affordances and limitations of digital mathematics games in teaching mathematics to middle school students.

Keywords

Digital mathematics games, Scratch, Prospective mathematics teachers.

Matematik Öğretmen Adaylarının Scratch ile Tasarlanan Dijital Matematik Oyunlarıyla İlgili Farkındalıkları

Abstract

Bu çalışma ortaokul matematik öğretmen adaylarının dijital matematik oyunlarıyla ilgili farkındalıklarına odaklanılan bir olgubilim çalışmasıdır. Ölçüt örnekleme yöntemiyle belirlenen katılımcılar seçmeli bir ders kapsamında Scratch ile kodlama eğitimi almış ve Scratch ile matematiksel oyun tasarlamış olan on beş matematik öğretmen adayıdır. Araştırmanın verileri dijital matematik oyunlarının matematik eğitiminde kullanılmasıyla ilgili açık uçlu sorulardan oluşan bir test yardımıyla toplanmıştır. Araştırmanın verilerini katılımcı öğretmen adaylarının açık uçlu sorulara verdikleri yazılı cevaplar ve testteki sorulara yönelik gerçekleştirilen görüşmelerdeki ses kayıtları oluşturmaktadır. Veriler içerik analizi yöntemiyle analiz edilmiştir. Araştırmanın bulguları, katılımcı öğretmen adaylarının Scratch ile tasarlanan dijital oyunların matematik öğretiminde kullanılmasının faydaları ve sınırlılıkları ile ilgili bazı farkındalıklarının olduğunu göstermektedir.

Keywords

Matematik öğretmen adayları., Dijital matematik oyunları, Scratch

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