In this study, it was aimed to determine the metaphorical perceptions of eighth grade students regarding the concepts of ordered pair and variable, and to examine the changes in these perceptions according to gender and socioeconomic status. “Phenomenology” design, one of the qualitative research methods, was used as the research model. The sample of the study consists of 400 eighth grade students studying in four public secondary schools of a province in the Black Sea Region in the 2021-2022 academic year and selected by maximum variation sampling method. Metaphoric Perception Form (MPF) was used as a data collection tool. Content analysis was used to analyze the student metaphors related to the concepts. Chi-Square test was used to examine the change of the developed metaphors according to gender and socioeconomic status. According to the findings of the study, the metaphors related to the concept of ordered pair were grouped under 17 conceptual categories and the metaphors of friend, buddy, sibling, school desk, twins, pattern and close friends were mostly used. The metaphors related to the concept of variable were grouped under 10 conceptual categories and the most common metaphors were human, emotion, chameleon, dollar, weather forecast, life, decision and foreigner. While female students developed more metaphors than male students regarding the concepts of ordered pair and variable, male students used more metaphor drawings than female students. For these concepts, secondary schools with high socioeconomic status developed more metaphors than secondary schools with low socioeconomic status.
Primary Language | English |
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Subjects | Mathematics Education |
Journal Section | Articles |
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Publication Date | January 29, 2025 |
Submission Date | November 10, 2023 |
Acceptance Date | December 23, 2024 |
Published in Issue | Year 2025 Volume: 14 Issue: 1 |
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Bartın University Journal of Faculty of Education