Views of Secondary School Students About Elective Application of Mathematics Course
Abstract
This study was performed in order to present opinions of 5, 6, 7, and 8th grade students on elective
application of Mathematics course. The research is a survey research. Working group of the research
includes 80 students at 5, 6, 7, and 8th grade. Students were chosen three different schools in İzmir
City. Open-ended questions developed by the researchers, data were collected with semi-structured
interviews. With the questions, it was aimed to determine opinions of students on reasons of choosing
the course and expectations from the course. Data obtained from semi-structured interviews were
analyzed by descriptive analysis method. Answers of students were categorized by transforming
descriptive codes. Findings of the study are those; especially 5th grade students chose this course for
their families wanted, but the other students chose the course to take a higher note. Expectations of the
5th and 6th grade students have fun while learning, but the other students want to increase their
mathematics success. Students presented positive opinion about course and think choosing the course
again.
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Details
Primary Language
Turkish
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
June 1, 2016
Submission Date
November 3, 2017
Acceptance Date
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Published in Issue
Year 2016 Volume: 7 Number: 14