Mental Images of Middle School Sixth and Eighth Grade Students about the Concept of Decimal Number

Autor/inn/en	Çiftçi, Cansu; Memnun, Dilek Sezgin; Aydin, Bünyamin
Titel	Mental Images of Middle School Sixth and Eighth Grade Students about the Concept of Decimal Number
Quelle	In: Universal Journal of Educational Research, 7 (2019) 1, S.298-305 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2332-3205
Schlagwörter	Imagery; Middle School Students; Grade 6; Grade 8; Secondary School Mathematics; Foreign Countries; Arithmetic; Visualization; Age Differences; Instructional Program Divisions; Concept Formation; Mathematical Concepts; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Metaphorik; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Ausland; Addition; Arithmetik; Arithmetikunterricht; Rechnen; Visualisation; Visualisierung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Türkei
Abstract	In this study, it was aimed to reveal the ideas of the secondary sixth and eighth grade students about the concept of decimal via mental images. Moreover, within the scope of this study, the differences between the mental images of the sixth and eighth grade students about the concept of decimal number will be investigated according to their class levels. For these purposes, this study was carried out with a total of 212 students studying in the sixth and eighth classes of a state school in Bursa in the second semester of the 2016-2017 educational year. The research data was obtained as a result of the students' completing the statement of "A decimal number looks like a/an … because it …" As a result of the analyses, it was observed that the participant sixth and eighth grade students created a total of 162 valid mental images in relation to the concept of decimal. From these analyses, it was understood that the students perceived the decimal as equivalent to such different concepts as ball, pastry, money, etc. The mental images created by the participant sixth and eighth grade students in relation to the concept of decimal were gathered and evaluated under the categories of "complexity," "roundability," "phased progressiveness," "additivity," "subtractability," "multipliability," "divisibility," "solvability" and "other" of decimals. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01