8th Grade Students' Understanding of the Definition of Rectangle

Autor/inn/en	Çontay, Emine Gaye; Duatepe-Paksu, Asuman
Titel	8th Grade Students' Understanding of the Definition of Rectangle
Quelle	In: Acta Didactica Napocensia, 12 (2019) 1, S.225-238 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2065-1430
Schlagwörter	Geometry; Grade 8; Mathematics Instruction; Definitions; Teaching Methods; Geometric Concepts; Foreign Countries; Middle School Students; Middle School Mathematics; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geometrie; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Begriffsbestimmung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Elementare Geometrie; Ausland; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Türkei
Abstract	This is a descriptive study which attempts to answer how well 8th grade students define a rectangle. The subjects for this study were 93 of 8 th grade students. The students were administered a written open ended test on the definition of a rectangle which was adapted from Ahuja (1996). Responses of the students were coded by each researcher independently and common expressions were grouped. Then, new codes were created and the final codes were generated by the researchers. Findings of the study revealed that none of the students could provide sufficient and necessary conditions for their descriptions and definitions. Besides, it was seen that the majority of the students used the terminology incorrectly. While trying to define the rectangle, most of the students listed the properties of the rectangle and only a few students were able to construct a definition. Students mostly gave visual examples. From these findings, it can be concluded that students were unsuccessful in defining the rectangle and they were at Van Hiele Level 1. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Babes-Bolyai University. Kogainiceanu 1, Cluj-Napoca, 400084 Romania. e-mail: submit_adn@yahoo.com; Web site: http://adn.teaching.ro
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01