Investigation of 9th Grade Students' Geometrical Figure Apprehension

Autor/inn/en	Karpuz, Yavuz; Atasoy, Ercan
Titel	Investigation of 9th Grade Students' Geometrical Figure Apprehension
Quelle	In: European Journal of Educational Research, 8 (2019) 1, S.285-300 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2165-8714
Schlagwörter	Grade 9; Geometry; Geometric Concepts; Mathematics Instruction; Student Attitudes; Concept Formation; Mathematical Logic; Problem Solving; Teaching Methods; High School Students; Secondary School Mathematics; Foreign Countries; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Geometrie; Elementare Geometrie; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Schülerverhalten; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Mathematical logics; Mathematische Logik; Problemlösen; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Ausland; Türkei
Abstract	In the present study, the aim was to investigate 9th grade students' geometrical figure apprehension. To this end, the Figure Apprehension Cognitive Processes Test (FACPT), constructed by the researchers of the study, was administered to 51 ninth grade students, with whom clinical interviews were also conducted. As a result of the data analysed, it was found that the perceptual, discursive and operative types of apprehension of more than half of the students were not at enough level for high school geometry. Most of the students were found to be unsuccessful in recognizing the various sub-figures present within a geometric figure, in transforming verbal information to visual information, in deriving at verbal information based on visual information, in arriving at conclusions without being influenced by the appearance of a figure, and in decomposing and recomposing geometric figures. This shows that teachers need to focus on not only conceptual knowledge but also the structure of the figure apprehension processes of students prior to geometry classes. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01