Research Article

Examining the Quality of the Elementary School Mathematics Tasks Recommended for Distance Education

Volume: 52 Number: 1 April 30, 2023
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Examining the Quality of the Elementary School Mathematics Tasks Recommended for Distance Education

Abstract

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, distance education started at K-12 levels in the spring semester of the 2019-2020 school year. The Ministry of National Education had also published instructional tasks to be used in distance education at all grade levels in order to create mathematics learning opportunities for students and to provide resources for teachers. Well-structured and high-quality instructional tasks play an important role in students' learning mathematics. The aim of this study is to examine the quality of the elementary school mathematics tasks recommended for distance remedial education from multiple perspectives, in particular their cognitive demand levels. A total of 85 tasks focusing on 79 critical objectives in grades 1-4 mathematics were examined using document analysis. Results of this study showed that the majority of the tasks were at low cognitive demand level, cognitive demand levels did not show a balanced distribution, and some tasks had mathematical errors.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Studies on Education

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

April 30, 2023

Submission Date

June 10, 2021

Acceptance Date

April 11, 2023

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Volume: 52 Number: 1

APA
Gülbağcı Dede, H., Özen Ünal, D., & Yılmaz, Z. (2023). Examining the Quality of the Elementary School Mathematics Tasks Recommended for Distance Education. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 52(1), 1-32. https://doi.org/10.14812/cuefd.950622
AMA
1.Gülbağcı Dede H, Özen Ünal D, Yılmaz Z. Examining the Quality of the Elementary School Mathematics Tasks Recommended for Distance Education. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi. 2023;52(1):1-32. doi:10.14812/cuefd.950622
Chicago
Gülbağcı Dede, Hande, Deniz Özen Ünal, and Zuhal Yılmaz. 2023. “Examining the Quality of the Elementary School Mathematics Tasks Recommended for Distance Education”. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi 52 (1): 1-32. https://doi.org/10.14812/cuefd.950622.
EndNote
Gülbağcı Dede H, Özen Ünal D, Yılmaz Z (April 1, 2023) Examining the Quality of the Elementary School Mathematics Tasks Recommended for Distance Education. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi 52 1 1–32.
IEEE
[1]H. Gülbağcı Dede, D. Özen Ünal, and Z. Yılmaz, “Examining the Quality of the Elementary School Mathematics Tasks Recommended for Distance Education”, Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 1–32, Apr. 2023, doi: 10.14812/cuefd.950622.
ISNAD
Gülbağcı Dede, Hande - Özen Ünal, Deniz - Yılmaz, Zuhal. “Examining the Quality of the Elementary School Mathematics Tasks Recommended for Distance Education”. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi 52/1 (April 1, 2023): 1-32. https://doi.org/10.14812/cuefd.950622.
JAMA
1.Gülbağcı Dede H, Özen Ünal D, Yılmaz Z. Examining the Quality of the Elementary School Mathematics Tasks Recommended for Distance Education. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi. 2023;52:1–32.
MLA
Gülbağcı Dede, Hande, et al. “Examining the Quality of the Elementary School Mathematics Tasks Recommended for Distance Education”. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 52, no. 1, Apr. 2023, pp. 1-32, doi:10.14812/cuefd.950622.
Vancouver
1.Hande Gülbağcı Dede, Deniz Özen Ünal, Zuhal Yılmaz. Examining the Quality of the Elementary School Mathematics Tasks Recommended for Distance Education. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi. 2023 Apr. 1;52(1):1-32. doi:10.14812/cuefd.950622

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