Research Article

THE VIEWS OF STUDENTS AT DIFFERENT SUCCESS LEVELS ON THE FACTORS AFFECTING MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT

Volume: 34 Number: 1 April 30, 2025
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THE VIEWS OF STUDENTS AT DIFFERENT SUCCESS LEVELS ON THE FACTORS AFFECTING MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT

Abstract

The aim of this study was to explore the opinions of secondary school students with different achievement levels about mathematics course. In this study, in which qualitative research design was used, interviews were conducted with 36 middle school students, divided into three groups based on their achievement levels: high, average, and low. The interviews focused on the factors influencing their success in mathematics. The findings were presented under three themes: attitudes and beliefs towards mathematics, self-efficacy, and teaching-learning processes. Results of this study indicated that the majority of students across high, average and low achievement levels agreed that mathematics was necessary in daily life under the attitudes and beliefs theme and that they had belief of being successful in mathematics under the self-efficacy theme. In addition, for the teaching learning process theme, the most of the students stated that making lessons in enjoyable ways facilitated learning whereas the noise in the classroom hindered it. Also, in this study, high-achieving students, unlike students at other success levels, stated that they were disciplined, had meta-cognitive skills, use of reinforcement, individualized instruction, and assignment of project facilitated learning mathematics, and that difficult formulas, too much emphasis on the same content, lack of prior knowledge, and teacher quality hindered learning mathematics. Besides, only students with average success stated that mathematics was necessary for school grade point average and was a course that required memorization, that explaining the importance of the subject facilitated learning mathematics, and that students' inability to focus on the lesson hindered learning more. In addition, only low-achieving students stated that they saw mathematics as torture, a necessary and demanding course for upper grades, that participation in class and the interest of teachers facilitated learning mathematics, but that poor physical conditions, the abstract nature of mathematics, and too much writing hindered mathematics.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Other Fields of Education (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

April 30, 2025

Submission Date

October 2, 2023

Acceptance Date

November 15, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 34 Number: 1

APA
Can Aran, Ö., & Ekemen, H. (2025). THE VIEWS OF STUDENTS AT DIFFERENT SUCCESS LEVELS ON THE FACTORS AFFECTING MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT. Çukurova Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 34(1), 346-365. https://doi.org/10.35379/cusosbil.1369822
AMA
1.Can Aran Ö, Ekemen H. THE VIEWS OF STUDENTS AT DIFFERENT SUCCESS LEVELS ON THE FACTORS AFFECTING MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT. Çukurova Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2025;34(1):346-365. doi:10.35379/cusosbil.1369822
Chicago
Can Aran, Özge, and Hatice Ekemen. 2025. “THE VIEWS OF STUDENTS AT DIFFERENT SUCCESS LEVELS ON THE FACTORS AFFECTING MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT”. Çukurova Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 34 (1): 346-65. https://doi.org/10.35379/cusosbil.1369822.
EndNote
Can Aran Ö, Ekemen H (April 1, 2025) THE VIEWS OF STUDENTS AT DIFFERENT SUCCESS LEVELS ON THE FACTORS AFFECTING MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT. Çukurova Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 34 1 346–365.
IEEE
[1]Ö. Can Aran and H. Ekemen, “THE VIEWS OF STUDENTS AT DIFFERENT SUCCESS LEVELS ON THE FACTORS AFFECTING MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT”, Çukurova Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 346–365, Apr. 2025, doi: 10.35379/cusosbil.1369822.
ISNAD
Can Aran, Özge - Ekemen, Hatice. “THE VIEWS OF STUDENTS AT DIFFERENT SUCCESS LEVELS ON THE FACTORS AFFECTING MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT”. Çukurova Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 34/1 (April 1, 2025): 346-365. https://doi.org/10.35379/cusosbil.1369822.
JAMA
1.Can Aran Ö, Ekemen H. THE VIEWS OF STUDENTS AT DIFFERENT SUCCESS LEVELS ON THE FACTORS AFFECTING MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT. Çukurova Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2025;34:346–365.
MLA
Can Aran, Özge, and Hatice Ekemen. “THE VIEWS OF STUDENTS AT DIFFERENT SUCCESS LEVELS ON THE FACTORS AFFECTING MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT”. Çukurova Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, vol. 34, no. 1, Apr. 2025, pp. 346-65, doi:10.35379/cusosbil.1369822.
Vancouver
1.Özge Can Aran, Hatice Ekemen. THE VIEWS OF STUDENTS AT DIFFERENT SUCCESS LEVELS ON THE FACTORS AFFECTING MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT. Çukurova Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2025 Apr. 1;34(1):346-65. doi:10.35379/cusosbil.1369822