The effect of mathematical writing activities on 3th grade students' problem solving and posing skills<p>Matematiksel yazma etkinliklerinin 3. Sınıf öğrencilerinin problem çözme ve kurma becerilerine etkisi
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Mathematical writing, problem solving, problem poising, mathematical activities, 3rd grade students, Matematiksel yazma, problem çözme, problem kurmaAbstract
The aim of this study was to determine the effect of mathematical writing activities on 3 rd grade students' mathematical problem solving and posing skills. Therefore this study was done by using quasi-experimental model with pretest-posttest control group. Research was conducted in 2014- 2015 Education Year Spring Semester. The study group of the research consists of totally 66 3rd grade students At the experimental group, the activities of 3rd grade mathematics curriculum and 3 rd grade mathematic text book are applied. In addition to these activities, mathematical writing activities put into application to the experimental group. However to the control group only the activities of 3rd grade mathematics curriculum and 3rd grade mathematic text book are applied. All groups' applications lasted for 8 weeks. As a result of this study, it was seen that, at the end of the experimental processes, there is a meaningful statistical difference between experiment group and control group, among problem solving and problem posing skills of students in experiment’s group favour. This result is supporting the relevant literature.
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Bu araştırmanın amacı, matematiksel yazma etkinliklerinin, ilkokul 3. sınıf öğrencilerinin matematiksel problem çözme ve kurma becerileri üzerindeki etkilerini belirlemektir. Bu yönüyle çalışmada, ön test-son test kontrol gruplu deneme modeli kullanılmıştır. Çalışma 2014-2015 bahar yarıyılında gerçekleştirilmiş olup çalışma grubunu toplam 66 3. sınıf öğrencisi oluşturmaktadır. Deney grubunda deneysel işlem sürecinde ilköğretim matematik öğretim programında ve ders kitabında ön görülen etkinliklere ek olarak matematiksel yazma etkinlikleri gerçekleştirilmiştir. Kontrol grubunda ise 3. sınıf matematik programı ve ders kitabında yer verilen etkinliklere bağlı kalınmıştır. Uygulamalar 8 hafta sürmüştür. Araştırma sonuçları, deneysel işlem süreci sonunda deney ve kontrol grubunda yer alan öğrencilerin problem çözme ve kurma becerileri bakımından karşılaştırıldığında, deney grubu lehine istatistiksel olarak anlamlı düzeyde bir farklılık olduğunu göstermektedir. Bu sonuç ilgili literatürü destekler niteliktedir.
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