Üstün Yetenekli Öğrencilerin Matematiksel Akıl Yürütme Yaklaşımlarının İncelenmesi

Yıl 2025, Sayı: 66, 4490 - 4532, 29.12.2025

Gülşah Saltık Ayhanöz , Arzu Aydoğan Yenmez

https://doi.org/10.53444/deubefd.1564667

Öz

Üstün yetenek, bireyde sürekli bulunan ve her zaman ortaya çıkabilen bir özellik değil, tam tersine ortaya çıkarılması ve geliştirilmesi özel bir çaba gerektiren hassas bir değerdir. Bu nedenle bu özel potansiyelin muazzam bir yeteneğe ve sonuca dönüşebilmesi için uygun eğitim desteğinin sağlanması kritik öneme sahiptir. Eğitim sürelerinin çoğunu akranlarıyla aynı ortamda, aynı eğitim içeriğine yönelik uygulamalarla geçiren, matematik alanında özel yetenekli öğrenciler, üst düzey düşünme ve muhakeme becerilerini değerlendirmede sınırlamalarla karşı karşıya kalmaktadır. Üstün yetenekli öğrencilerin matematikteki muhakeme süreçleri tam bir muamma olup, bu öğrencilerin bazı önemli ve ortak özelliklerinden literatürde araştırmacılar tarafından bahsedilmektedir. Bu bulgulara dayanarak çalışmanın amacı üstün yetenekli öğrencilerin matematiksel muhakeme yaklaşımlarını incelemektir. Araştırma eylem araştırması yöntemiyle tasarlanmıştır. Araştırmanın örneklemini Özel Yetenek Geliştirme Programında öğrenim gören 18 yedinci sınıf öğrencisi oluşturmaktadır. Uygulama süresi on haftadır. Veri toplama araçları; akıl yürütme etkinliklerinin çözüm sayfaları, klinik görüşmeler, araştırmacı günlüğü ve uygulamaya ilişkin ses kayıtlarıdır. Araştırma, bulguları ve önerileriyle daha sonraki araştırmalar için önemli bileşenler sunuyor.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Matematiksel akıl yürütme , Matematik eğitimi , Üstün yetenek , Üstün yetenekli bireyler.

An Examination of Gifted Students’ Mathematical Reasoning Approaches

Öz

Special talent is not a feature that is constantly present in the individual and can always appear, on the contrary, it is a sensitive value that requires a special effort to reveal and develop. For this reason, it is critical to provide appropriate educational support for this special potential to evolve into a tremendous talent and outcome. Students with special abilities in mathematics, who spend most of their educational time in the same environment with their peers, with applications for the same educational content, face limitations in assessing their higher-order thinking and reasoning skills. The reasoning processes of gifted students in mathematics is a complete mystery, some important and common features of these students are mentioned by researchers in the literature. Based on these findings, the aim of the study is to examine the mathematical reasoning approaches of gifted students. The research was designed with the action research method. The sample of the study consists of 18 seventh grade students studying in the Special Talents Development Program. The duration of the implementation is ten weeks. Data collection tools are solution sheets of the reasoning activities, clinical interviews, researcher log and audio recording of the implementation. With its findings and suggestions, the research offers crucial components for subsequent investigations.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Gifted students , Mathematical reasoning , Mathematics education , Special talent.

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