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The Evaluation of the Relationship Between PreService Elementary Mathematics Teachers’ Mathematical Modeling and Reading Comprehension Skills
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether there is a relationship between pre-service
teachers’ reading comprehension and mathematical modeling skills. 38 students who were seniors majoring in the
Department of Elementary Mathematics Education participated in this study. Students were asked to solve the
problem given, and then they took a multiple-choice test that measures their comprehension skills. After examining
students’ problem solving strategies, those who used similar strategies were grouped together. It was determined that
there were four groups formed based on understanding the problem. Reading comprehension test scores were used to
check whether four groups of students significantly differed from each other, and Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney
U tests were employed. It was found that there was a positive correlation between reading comprehension skills and
understanding the problem. This finding is important in terms of presenting non-mathematical factors affecting
modeling skills.
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Publication Date
June 1, 2013
Submission Date
June 1, 2013
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Year 2013 Volume: 6 Number: 2