Students’ Spatial Abilities, Attitudes Towards Geometry and Van Hiele Geometric Thinking Levels

Year 2023, Volume: 17 Issue: Özel Sayı, 666 - 694, 20.10.2023

Zeynep Büşra Uzun Gülcan Öztürk

https://doi.org/10.17522/balikesirnef.1284875

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between eighth grade students’ spatial abilities, attitudes towards geometry and Van Hiele geometric thinking levels. We conducted the study using exploratory correlational research model with 429 students. The students’ spatial ability and attitudes towards geometry were moderate, and their Van Hiele geometric thinking levels were extremely low. We discovered that the students’ spatial ability scores and Van Hiele geometric thinking levels differed depending on their pre-school attendance status and did not differ according to their gender, and that their attitudes towards geometry were independent from gender and pre-school attendance status. The students’ spatial abilities and Van Hiele geometric thinking levels were positively associated with their attitudes towards geometry.

Keywords

spatial ability, attitude towards geometry, Van Hiele geometric thinking levels, eighth grade students

Öğrencilerin Uzamsal Yetenekleri, Geometriye Yönelik Tutumları ve Van Hiele Geometrik Düşünme Düzeyleri

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı sekizinci sınıf öğrencilerinin uzamsal yetenekleri, geometriye yönelik tutumları ve Van Hiele geometrik düşünme düzeyleri arasındaki ilişkileri incelemektir. Araştırma keşfedici korelasyonel araştırma modeli ile 429 öğrencinin katılımıyla yürütüldü. Çalışmada öğrencilerin uzamsal yetenekleri ve geometriye yönelik tutumlarının orta düzeyde ve Van Hiele geometrik düşünme düzeylerinin çok düşük olduğu bulunmuştur. Çalışmada ayrıca öğrencilerin uzamsal yetenek puanlarının ve Van Hiele geometrik düşünme düzeylerinin okul öncesi devam durumlarına göre farklılaştığı, cinsiyetlerine göre farklılaşmadığı, geometriye yönelik tutumlarının ise cinsiyet ve okul öncesi devam durumlarından bağımsız olduğu ortaya çıkmıştır. Öğrencilerin uzamsal yetenekleri ve Van Hiele geometrik düşünme düzeyleri, geometriye yönelik tutumlarının pozitif olarak anlamlı bir şekilde ilişkili olduğu da elde edilen sonuçlar arasındadır.

Keywords

uzamsal yetenek, geometriye yönelik tutum, Van Hiele geometrik düşünme düzeyleri, sekizinci sınıf öğrencileri

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