ÖĞRENCİLERİN MATEMATİK BAŞARISI İÇİN ÖNEMLİ ÖNGEREKLİLİKLER

Yıl 2007, Cilt: 3 Sayı: 2, 150 - 170, 14.01.2013

Joakim Samuelsson , Kjell Granström

Öz

Bu çalışmanın genel amacı öğrencilerin matematik başarısındaki önkoşulları ortaya çıkarmaktır. Bu çalışma öğrencilerin matematik başarısı için birbiriyle ilişkili bir takım şartların var olduğu varsayımı üzerine kurulmuştur. Gerçek olan şu ki bireylerin zihinsel yetileri arasında farklar bulunmaktadır. Ancak bu çalışma bağlamsal boyutları açısından eğitsel önkoşullar ve aile arkaplanına odaklanmıştır. Temel varsayımlardan biri şudur ki, bir öğrencinin matematik dersine karşı olan tutumu onun başarısını ve aldığı notları etkileyebilmektedir. Bu varsayımları doğrulayabilmek veya çürütebilmek için öğrencilerin matematik dersine olan tutumları, sınıf ortamları ile ilgili algıları, aileden gördükleri destek ve gerçek başarıları ile ilgili veriler toplanmıştır. Ulusal çapta 120 farklı okulu kapsayan bir anket sonucunda yaklaşık 16 yaşlarında 9.sınıfta okuyan 6758 öğrenciden toplanan veriler analiz edilmiştir. Sonuçlar göstermektedir ki aynı sınıf ortamı ve eğitsel strateji, farklı öğrencilerde farklı etkiler meydana getirebilmektedir. Bazı öğrenciler için belirli hedefler, yüksek beklentiler ve katılım yönündeki teşvikler matematik dersine karşı olumlu tutum geliştirmede etkili olurken, aynı durumdaki başka öğrenciler bundan zarar görmekte ve olumsuz tutum geliştirmektedir. Bu çalışmada elde edilen veriler öğrencilerin ev ortamları da göz önünde bulundurularak değerlendirilmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Matematik, öğrenme, öğretme, tutumlar, başarı

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• Positive attitude Question Loading 0.592 0.805 0.695 0.793
• ) Maths knowledge is important in future education
• ) Maths knowledge is important in future work
• ) I am going to use the maths I learn in school
• ) I only work with maths to pass tests
• ) Too much time learning mathematics
• ) Mathematics is a difficult subject
• ) I give up if the task is too difficult
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