AN INVESTIGATION OF HOW FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS PERCEIVE EQUAL SIGN

Volume: 42 Number: 194 May 1, 2012
  • Özlem Doğan Temur
  • Gökhan Sancak
EN TR

AN INVESTIGATION OF HOW FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS PERCEIVE EQUAL SIGN

Abstract

As a concept equal sign has an important role in the formation and development of mathematical thinking. This qualitative research investigates fourth grade students’ ideas about equal sign and aims to study the thinking processes and strategies used by these students as they work on the given equations. Research has been done in a public school with the participation of five students and content analysis method has been used to analyze the obtained data. At the end of the study, students’ beliefs, that immediately after equal sign a result will follow; all the numbers before the equal sign will be added, after equal sign there cannot be a zero next to the result, before equal sign addition and subtraction cannot be done at the same time, shows that students experience difficulties using strategies while doing operations. It has been observed that questions like “Why? How? How can the result be reach from a different way? Is there an easier way?” asked during operations accelerate student’s exploration process, force students to reevaluate the questions and encourage them to develop different strategies towards the solution. It also has been observed that organizing the questions hierarchically from easy to difficult; simple to complex and formulating them with supportive properties and similar trades with each other prevents students from making mistakes and aid students to utilize different strategies and encourage them

Keywords

Details

Primary Language

Turkish

Subjects

-

Journal Section

-

Authors

Özlem Doğan Temur This is me

Gökhan Sancak This is me

Publication Date

May 1, 2012

Submission Date

May 1, 2012

Acceptance Date

-

Published in Issue

Year 2012 Volume: 42 Number: 194

APA
Doğan Temur, Ö., & Sancak, G. (2012). DÖRDÜNCÜ SINIF ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN EŞİT İŞARETİNİ NASIL ALGILADIKLARININ İNCELENMESİ. Milli Eğitim Dergisi, 42(194), 240-252. https://izlik.org/JA65JL49RF
AMA
1.Doğan Temur Ö, Sancak G. DÖRDÜNCÜ SINIF ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN EŞİT İŞARETİNİ NASIL ALGILADIKLARININ İNCELENMESİ. Milli Eğitim Dergisi. 2012;42(194):240-252. https://izlik.org/JA65JL49RF
Chicago
Doğan Temur, Özlem, and Gökhan Sancak. 2012. “DÖRDÜNCÜ SINIF ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN EŞİT İŞARETİNİ NASIL ALGILADIKLARININ İNCELENMESİ”. Milli Eğitim Dergisi 42 (194): 240-52. https://izlik.org/JA65JL49RF.
EndNote
Doğan Temur Ö, Sancak G (May 1, 2012) DÖRDÜNCÜ SINIF ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN EŞİT İŞARETİNİ NASIL ALGILADIKLARININ İNCELENMESİ. Milli Eğitim Dergisi 42 194 240–252.
IEEE
[1]Ö. Doğan Temur and G. Sancak, “DÖRDÜNCÜ SINIF ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN EŞİT İŞARETİNİ NASIL ALGILADIKLARININ İNCELENMESİ”, Milli Eğitim Dergisi, vol. 42, no. 194, pp. 240–252, May 2012, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA65JL49RF
ISNAD
Doğan Temur, Özlem - Sancak, Gökhan. “DÖRDÜNCÜ SINIF ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN EŞİT İŞARETİNİ NASIL ALGILADIKLARININ İNCELENMESİ”. Milli Eğitim Dergisi 42/194 (May 1, 2012): 240-252. https://izlik.org/JA65JL49RF.
JAMA
1.Doğan Temur Ö, Sancak G. DÖRDÜNCÜ SINIF ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN EŞİT İŞARETİNİ NASIL ALGILADIKLARININ İNCELENMESİ. Milli Eğitim Dergisi. 2012;42:240–252.
MLA
Doğan Temur, Özlem, and Gökhan Sancak. “DÖRDÜNCÜ SINIF ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN EŞİT İŞARETİNİ NASIL ALGILADIKLARININ İNCELENMESİ”. Milli Eğitim Dergisi, vol. 42, no. 194, May 2012, pp. 240-52, https://izlik.org/JA65JL49RF.
Vancouver
1.Özlem Doğan Temur, Gökhan Sancak. DÖRDÜNCÜ SINIF ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN EŞİT İŞARETİNİ NASIL ALGILADIKLARININ İNCELENMESİ. Milli Eğitim Dergisi [Internet]. 2012 May 1;42(194):240-52. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA65JL49RF