Ortaokul Öğrencilerinin Alan Ölçme Bilgi ve Becerilerinin İncelenmesi

Year 2023, Volume: 17 Issue: Özel Sayı, 342 - 370, 20.10.2023

Zeynep Çavuş Erdem

https://doi.org/10.17522/balikesirnef.1348147

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, ortaokul öğrencilerinin alan ölçme bilgi ve becerilerinin incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Betimsel yöntemin kullanıldığı araştırmada veriler, yedinci sınıfta öğrenim gören 92 öğrenciden, 8 adet açık uçlu soru ile yazılı olarak toplanmıştır. Öğrencilerin cevapları açık uçlu soruları puanlama ölçeği ile analiz edilmiştir. Araştırmada, alan ölçme birimlerinin büyüklüğünü doğru bir şekilde tahmin eden öğrencilerin çoğunlukta olduğu, fakat standart alan ölçme birimlerinin dönüşümünde zorlandıklarını göstermektedir. Alanı, bir bölgeyi kaplayan birim karelerin sayısı olarak hesaplayabilen öğrenciler çoğunluktadır. Dikdörtgenin alanını ölçmede başarılı olan öğrencilerin, paralelkenar, üçgen ve yamuğun alanını ölçmedeki başarısı düşük olarak belirlenmiş ve öğrencilerin alan ölçerken çokgenin iki kenarını çarpmaya meyilli oldukları gözlenmiştir. Ayrıca bazı öğrencilerin alanı çevre ile karıştırdıkları belirlenmiştir.

Keywords

alan ölçme, alan ölçme becerisi, geometri öğretimi, ortaokul öğrencileri

Investigation of Secondary School Students' Area Measurement Knowledge and Skills

Abstract

In this study, it is aimed to examine the area measurement knowledge and skills of secondary school students. In the study, in which the descriptive method was used, the data were collected in written form with 8 open-ended questions from 92 seventh grade students. Students' answers to open-ended questions were analyzed with a scoring scale. The research shows that the majority of students who correctly estimate the size of the area measurement units are in the majority, but they have difficulty in transforming the standard area measurement units. Students who can calculate the area as the number of unit squares covering a region are in the majority. It was observed that the students who were successful in measuring the area of the rectangle had low success in measuring the area of the parallelogram, triangle and trapezoid, and it was observed that the students tended to multiply the two sides of the polygon while measuring the area. In addition, it was determined that some students confused the area with the environment.

Keywords

area measurement konowledge, area measurement skill, geometry teaching, secondary student

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