Effect Of Causal Stories In Solving Mathematical Story Problems

Year 2010, Volume: 39 Issue: 39, 284 - 295, 01.06.2010

GLENN GORDON Smıth HELEN Gerretson SİNAN Olkun JORMA Joutsenlahtı

Abstract

Bu çalışmada sözel problemler içerisine yerleştirilen nedensel öykülerin öğrenci performansını etkileyipetkilemediği araştırılmıştır. İlki Amerika’da, ikincisi ise Amerika, Türkiye ve Finlandiya’da eş zamanlı olarak yapılan deneyselçalışmalarda sınıf öğretmeni adayları 3 farklı tipte 1) standart (minimum sözel matematiksel bilgi), 2) nedensel (hem nedenselhem de sözel matematiksel bilgi içeren, 3) olası sonuç da içeren (problemin olası etkileri ve sonuçları görülen bir şekilde)hazırlanmış sözel matematiksel problemleri çözmeye çalışmışlardır. Nedensel öykü unsurlarının eklenmesi Amerikalı ve Finliöğrencilerin uzamsal içerikli problemlerdeki performansını artırırken Türk öğrencilerde herhangi bir etki yapmamıştır.Nedensel öykü unsurlarının eklenmesinin farklı kültürlerde farklı etki yapabileceği bulgusundan hareketle sözel problemlerinçözümünde durumsal modellerin en az şema modelleri kadar öncelikli olabileceği sonucuna varılmıştır

Keywords

sözel problemler, şema modelleri, durumsal modeller

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