Examining the Effect of Parental Support and Education Provided to Parents

Year 2024, Volume: 11 Issue: 3, 201 - 219, 02.05.2024

Ahmet Şükrü Özdemir , Ahmet İnci

https://doi.org/10.17275/per.24.42.11.3

Abstract

The study aims to investigate parental involvement in children's mathematics education, with a particular focus on the subject of circles, in the absence of tailored support programs for parents in this area. In this study, the action research method was used. The study sample consisted of voluntary participants among the parents of 6th-grade students. The data collection tools of the study consisted of achievement tests administered to students and their parents, semi-structured interviews with students and parents after the program, and observations of the participants. We found that parents could learn the subjects depending on their level of education, they could be helpful to their children through their existing knowledge, they understood their children better and their beliefs that they could help their children increased. Likewise, children's belief that their parents could help them strengthened, and their academic success in the subject of circles also increased. Consequently, children experience greater happiness in student-centered lessons and display increased proficiency. Moreover, when faced with parts of the subject that they did not understand, they could quickly seek assistance from their parents. Furthermore, the children and parents expressed satisfaction with this study and a desire to continue training.

Keywords

Mathematical Education, Parental Education, Parent, Mathematics Teaching

Ethical Statement

Marmara University Institute of Educational Sciences Research and Publication Ethics Committee examined the study with its decision numbered 254277 and decided that this study is ethically appropriate. Approval Date and Approval number: 21.03.2022/03-29

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