Okul Öncesi Dönem Çocukları İçin Geliştirilen Araştırma Temelli Matematik Eğitim Programlarının İncelenmesi

Öz

Son yıllarda erken çocukluk döneminde matematik eğitimine yönelik ilgide bir artış gözlemlenmektedir. Verilen bu önemden hareketle nitelikli matematik eğitiminin özellikleri tartışılmakta ve çocukların matematikle ilişkili öğrenmelerini daha etkin bir şekilde desteklemek amacıyla çeşitli matematik eğitim programları geliştirilmektedir. Bu programlar farklı dillere uyarlanmakta ve etkinliklerini değerlendirmek amacıyla deneysel çalışmalara yer verilmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, okul öncesi dönem çocukları için geliştirilmiş ve araştırma temelli olan matematik eğitim programlarını incelemektir. Bu programlar; Yapı Taşları Building Blocks , Küçük Çocuklar İçin Büyük Matematik Big Math for Little Kids ve Anaokulu-Anasınıfı Matematik Pre-K Mathematics Eğitim Programlarıdır. Bu amaca ulaşmak için anılan programların temel özellikleri ile deneysel çalışmalardan elde edilen veriler ışığında etkileri ve benzer ve farklı yönleri tartışılmıştır. Bu bağlamda, incelenen eğitim programlarının Türkiye’deki okul öncesi eğitimde kullanılabilirliklerine yönelik bazı önerilere de yer verilmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• okul öncesi dönemde matematik,matematik eğitim programları,araştırma temelli program

Investigation of the Research Based Mathematics Programs Developed for Preschool Children

Abstract

Recently, there is an increasing attention to mathematics education in early childhood period. Moving from this attention, the caharacteristics of high quality mathematics education have been discussed, and a variety of mathematics programs have been developed for the purpose of supporting children’s mathematics learning in a more effective way. These programs have been adapted to different languages, and experiemental studies have been conducted to evaluate their effectiveness. The purpose of this study is to examine research based mathematics programs that were developed for early childhood children. These programs are; the Building Blocks, Big Math for Little Kids, and Pre-K Mathematics. To reach this purpose, the main characteristics of these programs, their effectiveness based on the results of experimental studies, and similarities and differences between the programs have been discussed. In this context, suggestions for the usability of these programs in Turkish preschool education are provided

Keywords

• Mathematics in preschool,mathematics programs,research based program

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