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                                                                                    <journal-title>Bogazici University Journal of Education</journal-title>
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                            <issn pub-type="ppub">2822-5600</issn>
                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2822-5597</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Boğazici University</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.52597/buje.1108006</article-id>
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                                                                                                                        <article-title>An Examination of the Sixth Graders’ Learning Styles and Conceptual Understanding of Integers</article-title>
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                                    <trans-title>Altıncı Sınıf Öğrencilerinin Öğrenme Stilleri ve Tam Sayıları Kavramsal Anlayışlarının İncelenmesi</trans-title>
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                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4767-7791</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Dinçer</surname>
                                    <given-names>Bahar</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>İZMİR DEMOKRASİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20220912">
                    <day>09</day>
                    <month>12</month>
                    <year>2022</year>
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                                        <volume>39-1</volume>
                                        <issue>1</issue>
                                        <fpage>131</fpage>
                                        <lpage>140</lpage>
                        
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                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20220423">
                        <day>04</day>
                        <month>23</month>
                        <year>2022</year>
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                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20220909">
                        <day>09</day>
                        <month>09</month>
                        <year>2022</year>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 1976, Bogazici University Journal of Education</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>1976</copyright-year>
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                                                                                                <abstract><p>In the present study, it was evaluated whether the learning styles of the students had an effect on their level of conceptual understanding of integers in mathematics and their views regarding the use of analogy. In the current &quot;single-group pre- and post-test&quot; design, the study group consisted of 52 sixth grade students. The learning style inventory, conceptual understanding test, and visual analogy supported mathematics teaching evaluation form were applied to the students. For quantitative data, the nonparametric Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test, Kruskal Kruskal-Wallis H test and Mann Whitney U test analyses conducted while the qualitative data were evaluated using the content analysis technique. Statistically significant increase in students’ conceptual understanding of integers was found when pre- and post-test scores compared. The post-test scores of visual students were statistically significantly higher than those of both the auditory and tactile/kinesthetic students. Another finding of the study indicated that the students expressed a positive opinion on visual analogy-supported mathematics teaching approach; however, there was no statistically significant difference in student’ perspectives among their learning styles.</p></abstract>
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                            <p>Bu çalışmada öğrencilerin öğrenme stillerinin matematik dersindeki tamsayılar konusuna yönelik kavramsal anlama düzeylerine ve analoji kullanımına ilişkin görüşlerine etkisinin olup olmadığı değerlendirilmişti. Çalışma kapsamında, ön deneme modellerinden “tek grup ön test-son test” modeli kullanılmıştır. Çalışma grubu 6.sınıf düzeyindeki 52 öğrenciden oluşmaktadır. Uygulama sürecinde öğrencilere öğrenme stili envanteri, kavram anlama testi ve görsel analoji destekli matematik öğretimi değerlendirme formu uygulanmıştır. Nicel verilerin değerlendirilmesinde SPSS paket programı kullanılmış ve nitel veriler içerik analizi tekniği kullanılarak değerlendirilmiştir. Araştırma verilerine göre, öğrencilerin kavramları anlama testi puanları son test lehinedir, öğrencilerin öğrenme stillerine göre son test puanları arasında anlamlı bir fark bulunmuştur. Görsel öğrencilerin son test puanlarının hem işitsel hem de dokunsal/kinestetik öğrencilerden farklı olduğu ve istatistiksel olarak daha yüksek düzeyde olduğu belirlenmiştir. Araştırmanın bir diğer sonucu olarak öğrencilerin görsel analoji destekli matematik öğretimine yönelik olumlu görüş bildirdikleri; ancak görüşlerinin ve öğrenme stilleri arasında anlamlı bir fark olmadığı tespit edilmiştir.</p></trans-abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Learning style</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  analogy in teaching mathematics</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  use of analogy</kwd>
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                                                    <kwd>Öğrenme stili</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  matematik eğitiminde analoji</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  analoji kullanımı</kwd>
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