Research Article

Mathematics Teachers’ Comments on PISA Math Questions and Our Country’s Students’ Low Achievement Levels

Volume: 29 Number: 29-1 July 23, 2014
  • Murat Altun
  • Recai Akkaya
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Mathematics Teachers’ Comments on PISA Math Questions and Our Country’s Students’ Low Achievement Levels

Abstract

Our country’s having underachieved repeatedly in the international examinations such as PISA, TIMSS etc., has made us consider that there are some problems related to our education system. The lowness of achievement levels might be affected by many factors such as the student, the program, and the teacher being in the first place. Of these factors, it is the teacher who is of great importance both because of being the person implementing this program and being the factor on the performance of whom measures can be taken easily. Starting from this point on, in the present study, the opinions of teachers about the lowness of students’ achievement levels on these exams were examined. To achieve depth in the investigation, first the questions having addressed to students in PISA implementations were asked to the teachers in written form and answers were received and then they were asked for their opinions. The study revealed that the teachers regarded the insufficiency of the contents of the program and that of the teachers’ accumulation of knowledge as the main reasons for students’ low achievement levels. It has been concluded that working on these two factors and including such kinds of questions within the exams carried out nationally are necessary to increase students’ achievement levels.

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Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Murat Altun This is me

Recai Akkaya This is me

Publication Date

July 23, 2014

Submission Date

July 23, 2014

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2014 Volume: 29 Number: 29-1

APA
Altun, M., & Akkaya, R. (2014). Mathematics Teachers’ Comments on PISA Math Questions and Our Country’s Students’ Low Achievement Levels. Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 29(29-1), 19-34. https://izlik.org/JA22SG95GG
AMA
1.Altun M, Akkaya R. Mathematics Teachers’ Comments on PISA Math Questions and Our Country’s Students’ Low Achievement Levels. Hacettepe University Journal of Education. 2014;29(29-1):19-34. https://izlik.org/JA22SG95GG
Chicago
Altun, Murat, and Recai Akkaya. 2014. “Mathematics Teachers’ Comments on PISA Math Questions and Our Country’s Students’ Low Achievement Levels”. Hacettepe University Journal of Education 29 (29-1): 19-34. https://izlik.org/JA22SG95GG.
EndNote
Altun M, Akkaya R (June 1, 2014) Mathematics Teachers’ Comments on PISA Math Questions and Our Country’s Students’ Low Achievement Levels. Hacettepe University Journal of Education 29 29-1 19–34.
IEEE
[1]M. Altun and R. Akkaya, “Mathematics Teachers’ Comments on PISA Math Questions and Our Country’s Students’ Low Achievement Levels”, Hacettepe University Journal of Education, vol. 29, no. 29-1, pp. 19–34, June 2014, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA22SG95GG
ISNAD
Altun, Murat - Akkaya, Recai. “Mathematics Teachers’ Comments on PISA Math Questions and Our Country’s Students’ Low Achievement Levels”. Hacettepe University Journal of Education 29/29-1 (June 1, 2014): 19-34. https://izlik.org/JA22SG95GG.
JAMA
1.Altun M, Akkaya R. Mathematics Teachers’ Comments on PISA Math Questions and Our Country’s Students’ Low Achievement Levels. Hacettepe University Journal of Education. 2014;29:19–34.
MLA
Altun, Murat, and Recai Akkaya. “Mathematics Teachers’ Comments on PISA Math Questions and Our Country’s Students’ Low Achievement Levels”. Hacettepe University Journal of Education, vol. 29, no. 29-1, June 2014, pp. 19-34, https://izlik.org/JA22SG95GG.
Vancouver
1.Murat Altun, Recai Akkaya. Mathematics Teachers’ Comments on PISA Math Questions and Our Country’s Students’ Low Achievement Levels. Hacettepe University Journal of Education [Internet]. 2014 Jun. 1;29(29-1):19-34. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA22SG95GG