Research Article

Eighth Grade Students' Metaphorical Perceptions of Ordered Pair and Variable Concepts

Volume: 14 Number: 1 January 29, 2025
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Eighth Grade Students' Metaphorical Perceptions of Ordered Pair and Variable Concepts

Abstract

In this study, it was aimed to determine the metaphorical perceptions of eighth grade students regarding the concepts of ordered pair and variable, and to examine the changes in these perceptions according to gender and socioeconomic status. “Phenomenology” design, one of the qualitative research methods, was used as the research model. The sample of the study consists of 400 eighth grade students studying in four public secondary schools of a province in the Black Sea Region in the 2021-2022 academic year and selected by maximum variation sampling method. Metaphoric Perception Form (MPF) was used as a data collection tool. Content analysis was used to analyze the student metaphors related to the concepts. Chi-Square test was used to examine the change of the developed metaphors according to gender and socioeconomic status. According to the findings of the study, the metaphors related to the concept of ordered pair were grouped under 17 conceptual categories and the metaphors of friend, buddy, sibling, school desk, twins, pattern and close friends were mostly used. The metaphors related to the concept of variable were grouped under 10 conceptual categories and the most common metaphors were human, emotion, chameleon, dollar, weather forecast, life, decision and foreigner. While female students developed more metaphors than male students regarding the concepts of ordered pair and variable, male students used more metaphor drawings than female students. For these concepts, secondary schools with high socioeconomic status developed more metaphors than secondary schools with low socioeconomic status.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Mathematics Education

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

January 29, 2025

Submission Date

November 10, 2023

Acceptance Date

December 23, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 14 Number: 1

APA
Özsoy, M., Eroğlu, A., & Yazıcı, N. (2025). Eighth Grade Students’ Metaphorical Perceptions of Ordered Pair and Variable Concepts. Bartın University Journal of Faculty of Education, 14(1), 90-114. https://doi.org/10.14686/buefad.1388922
AMA
1.Özsoy M, Eroğlu A, Yazıcı N. Eighth Grade Students’ Metaphorical Perceptions of Ordered Pair and Variable Concepts. BUEFAD. 2025;14(1):90-114. doi:10.14686/buefad.1388922
Chicago
Özsoy, Muhammed, Adem Eroğlu, and Nurullah Yazıcı. 2025. “Eighth Grade Students’ Metaphorical Perceptions of Ordered Pair and Variable Concepts”. Bartın University Journal of Faculty of Education 14 (1): 90-114. https://doi.org/10.14686/buefad.1388922.
EndNote
Özsoy M, Eroğlu A, Yazıcı N (January 1, 2025) Eighth Grade Students’ Metaphorical Perceptions of Ordered Pair and Variable Concepts. Bartın University Journal of Faculty of Education 14 1 90–114.
IEEE
[1]M. Özsoy, A. Eroğlu, and N. Yazıcı, “Eighth Grade Students’ Metaphorical Perceptions of Ordered Pair and Variable Concepts”, BUEFAD, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 90–114, Jan. 2025, doi: 10.14686/buefad.1388922.
ISNAD
Özsoy, Muhammed - Eroğlu, Adem - Yazıcı, Nurullah. “Eighth Grade Students’ Metaphorical Perceptions of Ordered Pair and Variable Concepts”. Bartın University Journal of Faculty of Education 14/1 (January 1, 2025): 90-114. https://doi.org/10.14686/buefad.1388922.
JAMA
1.Özsoy M, Eroğlu A, Yazıcı N. Eighth Grade Students’ Metaphorical Perceptions of Ordered Pair and Variable Concepts. BUEFAD. 2025;14:90–114.
MLA
Özsoy, Muhammed, et al. “Eighth Grade Students’ Metaphorical Perceptions of Ordered Pair and Variable Concepts”. Bartın University Journal of Faculty of Education, vol. 14, no. 1, Jan. 2025, pp. 90-114, doi:10.14686/buefad.1388922.
Vancouver
1.Muhammed Özsoy, Adem Eroğlu, Nurullah Yazıcı. Eighth Grade Students’ Metaphorical Perceptions of Ordered Pair and Variable Concepts. BUEFAD. 2025 Jan. 1;14(1):90-114. doi:10.14686/buefad.1388922

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