THE EFFECTS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT FORTH GRADE STUDENTS BY GENDER

Year 2006, Volume: 8 Issue: 1, 13 - 21, 01.06.2006

Bülent Alcı Münire Erden

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of classroom teachers with weak and strong attitudes towards mathematics on fourth grade students’ mathematics achievements in terms of gender. Study was carried out on 337 fourth grade students’ (160 girls and 177 boys) who have classroom teachers with strong positive attitudes towards mathematics and 355 students (177 girls and 175 boys) who have teachers with weak positive attitudes. Results revealed that students who have teachers with strong positive attitudes towards mathematics were more suc- cessful than the students who have teachers with weak attitudes. There was also a significant interaction between teacher’s attitudes and gender. Female students were more successful when their teachers had strong positive attitude towards mathemat- ics. There were no significant differences between genders.

Keywords

Elementary education, mathematics attitudes, student achieve- ment, gender differences, teacher attitudes.

ÖĞRETMENLERİN MATEMATİĞE KARŞI TUTUMLARININ, CİNSİYETE GÖRE İLKÖĞRETİM 4. SINIF ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN MATEMATİK BAŞARILARINA ETKİSİ

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, sınıf öğretmenlerinin matematiğe karşı olan tutum- larının, cinsiyete göre, ilköğretim 4. sınıf öğrencilerinin matematik başarıları üzerine olan etkisinin araştırılmasıdır. Matematiğe karşı pozitif tutumu olan öğretmenlerin, 337 öğrencisi (160 kız, 177 erkek) ve negatif tutumu olan öğretmenlerin, 355 öğrencisi (177 kız, 175 erkek) üzerinde yapılan çalışma sonucunda pozitif tutumu olan öğretmenlerin öğrencilerinin; negatif tutumu olan öğretmenlerin öğrencilerine göre daha başarılı olduğu görülmüştür. Bunun yanında, cinsiyete göre, olumlu tutumu olan öğretmenlerin kız öğrencilerinin de daha başarılı olmasına karşın cinsi- yetler arasında anlamlı bir fark çıkmamıştır.

Keywords

İlköğretim, matematik tutumu, öğrenci başarısı, cinsiyet farklılıkları öğretmen tutumu.

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