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The Mathematics Teacher&apos;s Beliefs about Mathematics Knowledge and Its Teaching: A Case Study
Author: Aydin, Mehmet
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Secondary School Teachers,Mathematics Teachers,Teacher Attitudes,Pedagogical Content Knowledge,Teacher Effectiveness,Educational Change,Beliefs,Mathematics Instruction,Teacher Role,Educational Environment,Teaching Methods,Instructional Materials,Student Evaluation

The aim of this study is to present the insights of the mathematics teachers beliefs' on mathematical knowledge, and its teaching and learning. The case study method is used in this study. The study pursued along with the participation of one secondary mathematics teacher in the fall semester of 2007-2008 instruction year in Trabzon providence. The interviews realized during approximately 45 minutes with the interwiewee for the four times. In the interviews, three data collection forms were used as the data collection tool. These are: a) Semi-structured interview form, b) Hypothetical situations called &quot;episodes&quot; as a means to initiate responses from the informant, c) Documents that are including pictures reflecting different classroom settings and about the nature of mathematical knowledge. By using Magolda's Epistemological Reflection Model, the data obtained were analyzed descriptively in a qualitative manner. Besides holding some strict beliefs on nature of mathematical knowledge, evaluation, and mathematical teaching, participant have some flexible beliefs about mathematics and its teaching,in addition, it was concluded that participant open to some new perceptions. However, we believe that by conducting similar studies with larger samples it might be possible to contribute to teacher training researches in our country.
The Role of the Student in Learning Mathematics: The Teacher Views
Author: Aydin, Mehmet
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Role,Mathematics Teachers,Teacher Attitudes,Elementary School Teachers,Secondary School Teachers,Mathematics Education,Discovery Learning,Foreign Countries,Teaching Methods

This study was conducted with the aim of determining the views of mathematics teachers on the role of the student in learning mathematics. The case study method was used in the study. The study was conducted during the fall term of 2007-2008 academic year, with four mathematics teachers working in the public secondary and primary schools in Trabzon. A semi-structured interview form composed open-ended and scenario type questions, and a scale were used as the data collection tools. In the study, two interviews were carried out with each teacher which of each took average 60 minutes. In the analysis of the interviews, firstly the audio taped interviews were transcribed. The data obtained from interviews processed with content analysis and classified by using Magolda's Epistemological Reflection Model. By using Perry's Model, the results of scale was categorized and correlated with Magolda's levels. At the end of the study, it was found that all the participants were at the independent knowing level with respect to student role while they have some different opinions about the subject. It was also determined that although the participants were informed about discovery learning, they did not have sufficient experience in that issue. In this context, it is believed that future comprehensive studies with the aim of removing teachers' deficiencies regarding alternative teaching methods would help teachers in planning discovery learning environment and more likely to ensure higher expectations from students to be successful.
The Application of Group Investigation Technique: The Views of the Teacher and Students
Author: Baki, Adnan
Date: 2010-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teacher Attitudes,Student Attitudes,Cooperative Learning,Grade 8,Elementary School Students,Elementary School Teachers,Group Instruction,Teaching Methods,Student Role,Mathematics Instruction,Worksheets,Problem Solving,Foreign Countries

This study aims to determine the views of the teacher and students views on a practice carried out by using group investigation technique of cooperative learning method. The study was conducted with 20 students at 8th grade at a public elementary school in Trabzon during the spring term of 2008-2009 school year. Case study research method was used in this study. Data were collected via informal interviews and observation forms. The data gathered from the interviews were analyzed and presented in tables and networks whereas observation data were given in tables. In the light of the data collected from this study; during the group study, the students enjoyed working in groups, found the group investigation technique useful, undertook several roles and moved from an individual to a cooperative stance in the group. Based on these results, group investigation technique is recommended to be used in secondary and higher education mathematics courses.
Investigation of Mathematics Teachers&apos; Views about Improving Problem Solving Skills
Author: Yildiz, Cemalettin
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Mathematics Teachers,Teacher Attitudes,Problem Solving,Middle School Teachers,Secondary School Teachers,Student Improvement,Mathematics Education,Academic Achievement,Self Esteem,Textbooks,Foreign Countries,Teacher Responsibility,Student Responsibility,Student Characteristics

Since problem solving skills play a central role in middle and secondary school mathematics curricula, this made mathematics educators give importance to this subject. Improving problem solving skills of students is one of the primary aims of education so it is very important to make students gain problem solving skills. Thus, the aim of this research is to investigate views of middle and secondary school mathematics teachers related to improvement of students' problem solving skills. Qualitative research method was used in this study. The research was done on fall term of 2015-2016 academic year. The study was conducted with 115 mathematics teachers (60 middle school and 55 secondary school) working at state schools. Data were gathered by a form consisted of open ended questions and analyzed by descriptive and content analysis techniques. At the end of the research, it is found that teachers had information about the importance of problem solving skills improvement in mathematics education. Also, it is determined that participants thought teachers should have a central role in improving problem solving skills and students should strive in problem solutions. In addition, it was found that teachers believed that mathematics and other lessons improved problem solving skills and improvement in problem solving skills had a positive effect on the achievement in mathematics and other lessons. Lastly, teachers thought that students whose problem solving skills had improved were more successful than the other students and had higher self-confidence than others. They also stated that since it had an impact on improvement in problem solving skills, it should be given importance to level of students when the textbooks were prepared. [This paper was presented at the International Conference on Education in Mathematics, Science &amp; Technology (ICEMST) (2016).]
Presenting School Choice Information to Parents: An Evidence-Based Guide. Study Snapshot. NCEE 2019-4003
Author: Glazerman, Steven
Date: 2018-10-00
Type: Reports - Research
Subjects: School Choice,Evidence Based Practice,Information Dissemination,Parent Education,Visual Aids,Data,Layout (Publications),Institutional Characteristics,Usability,Design,Preferences,Graphs,Proximity,Academic Achievement

More than ever, school districts and other organizations need to provide parents with information about school quality and their school choices. Across the country school choice is expanding in ways that provide opportunities--and challenges--for parents to select the schools that best fit their children's needs. The federal Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA) now calls for every school to have a report card that makes data available to families in an &quot;understandable&quot; and &quot;user-friendly&quot; manner. Yet little is currently known about how variations in the ways school information is presented might help or hinder parents as they make choices. Research in fields outside of education provides some hints about how the visual representation, amount, and organization of school information might affect parents' understanding of and satisfaction with the information and their choices. In testing some possible strategies and publishing this guide, the Institute of Education Sciences hopes to make decisions easier for information providers, who develop and distribute school directories, choice websites, and report cards and, ultimately, for parents. This guide illustrates the importance of carefully considering how school information is presented. [For the full report &quot;Presenting School Choice Information to Parents: An Evidence-Based Guide. NCEE 2019-4003,&quot; see ED589101. For the study highlights to this report &quot;Presenting School Choice Information to Parents: An Evidence-Based Guide. Study Highlights. NCEE 2019-4003,&quot; see ED589106.]
Presenting School Choice Information to Parents: An Evidence-Based Guide. Study Highlights. NCEE 2019-4003
Author: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (ED)
Date: 2018-10-00
Type: Reports - Research
Subjects: School Choice,Evidence Based Practice,Information Dissemination,Parent Education,Visual Aids,Preferences,Parent Attitudes,Satisfaction,Data,Academic Achievement,Educational Quality,Layout (Publications),Proximity,School Location

School choice is expanding, providing both opportunities and challenges for parents seeking information about schools that best fit their children's needs. Federal law now calls for every school to have &quot;understandable&quot; and &quot;user-friendly&quot; report cards. However, there is little evidence-based guidance to help design effective school report cards, school directories, and school choice websites. To address this gap, the Institute of Education Sciences commissioned an online experiment with 3,500 low-income parents. Each parent was assigned to see one of 72 different web pages displaying information for a hypothetical district. All displays included profiles for 16 schools with information about distance from the parent's home, academics, safety, and resources. The study tested how parents' understanding, satisfaction, and choice were affected by differences in the visual representation, amount, and organization of the information. This report presents highlights of the study. [For the full report &quot;Presenting School Choice Information to Parents: An Evidence-Based Guide. NCEE 2019-4003,&quot; see ED589101. For the study snapshot to this report &quot;Presenting School Choice Information to Parents: An Evidence-Based Guide. Study Snapshot. NCEE 2019-4003,&quot; see ED589103.]
Examination of Studies on History of Mathematics in Pre-Service, after Service and Graduate Education
Author: Yildiz, Cemalettin
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Information Analyses
Subjects: History,Mathematics,Educational Research,Research Reports,Preservice Teacher Education,Inservice Teacher Education,Graduate Study,Turkish,English,Research Methodology,Research Design,Mathematics Education,Preservice Teachers,Graduate Students,Teachers

This research is a document analysis that investigates the studies on history of mathematics in pre-service, after service and graduate education. 39 studies were examined during the research. These studies analyzed according to the findings gained from the language used, study sample, type of study, research method, research design, title of research and results of studies and the data gathered is presented via tables. When collected data were examined generally, it was seen that most of the studies were conducted with teacher candidate samples and qualitative studies made in article format and written in English. When results of the study are examined, there can be seen an important lack of studies made for teachers and graduate students after the service and graduate education. Results show that there must be done more studies about history of mathematics after the service and graduate education, and there is a need to develop teaching materials and example giving practices for guidance.
Historical Problems in the History of Mathematics: Examples for the Classroom
Author: Yildiz, Cemalettin
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Information Analyses
Subjects: Mathematical Applications,History,Mathematics,Mathematics Instruction,Problem Solving,Textbooks

Teachers often look for good sources to find problems motivating students and stiffen the concepts they are going to teach and use in the classroom. This causes the question: &quot;Where can we find good problems that can be used in classrooms?&quot;. History of mathematics presents many historical problems which can enrich the classroom environment and be a self source of learning. By historical problems students can notice that mathematical problems may be solved in different ways and they can understand some methods different societies used in history are more practical. Because of these reasons knowledge about historical problems that have an important place in mathematics teaching are presented in this study. Document analysis method is used in study. Some studies about historical problems and some examples of historical problems presented in textbooks are given in this study. Also some historical problems and usage of these problems on lessons are mentioned.
Improving Elementary 8th Class Students&apos; Thoughts about Nature of Mathematical Knowledge
Author: Yildiz, Cemalettin
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Grade 8,Elementary School Mathematics,Elementary School Students,Worksheets,Teaching Methods,Knowledge Level,Learning Activities,Mathematical Concepts,Foreign Countries,Student Attitudes

In this study, improving elementary 8th class students' thoughts about nature of mathematical knowledge was aimed. Case study research method was used in the study. 25 students at 8th grade at a public elementary school in Trabzon were participated in the study in 2010-2011 school year. Four worksheets have been prepared on the nature of mathematical knowledge. The semi structured interviews were made with six students just before the application and one month later. Collected data were interpreted with content analysis. In the study, it is determined that students learnt the word meaning of mathematics and the place where it appeared first. Also it is seen that students noticed mathematics came in a changing and developing state from past to now, mathematical symbols and figures used in different ways. That's why it is advised to develop and implement different activities which can develop thoughts of students about nature of mathematical knowledge.
Reflections of Problem Solving Environment Based on Group Work: Example of Fibonacci Problem
Author: Taskin, Duygu
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Mathematics Instruction,Grade 9,Secondary School Mathematics,Problem Solving,Worksheets,Student Attitudes,Teaching Methods,Foreign Countries,Cooperative Learning

In this study, reflections of problem solving environment based on group work are presented. Samples of the study are 28 students studying on 9th grade of a secondary school in Trabzon. In this study a historical problem of Fibonacci in his book &quot;Liber Abaci&quot; arranged appropriately to the problem solving steps of Polya and a worksheet was designed. Worksheet was applicated to the students during two lesson hours in pairs. The written opinions of students were taken after the application. When data is generally evaluated, it is seen that students only have difficulties in understanding the problem step because it is given just only linguistically. When worksheets are evaluated, it is seen that students get the lowest marks in evaluating the problem step. At the end of the study, it is advised to the teachers to use historical problems and problem solving activities based on group working in their lessons.
Some Selected Resources for Using History of Mathematics in the Classroom
Author: Yildiz, Cemalettin
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Information Analyses
Subjects: History,Mathematics,Mathematics Instruction,Foreign Countries,Information Sources,Web Sites,Books,Periodicals,Elementary School Mathematics

Using history of mathematics in mathematics lessons is advised in many studies and in renewed elementary mathematics instructional program. But most of the teachers seem to be hesitated about using history of mathematics on the lessons. One of the reasons of this hesitation is that teachers have no information or they don't have enough information about history of mathematics and usage of it on the lessons. Also teachers seem to have difficulties in finding resources of knowledge they need to learn about history of mathematics. Because of these reasons introducing some selected resources about history of mathematics is aimed in this research. Document analysis method is used in the study. Turkish web sites, projects, thesis, books, and journals about history of mathematics are introduced by this study. Also some researches done in our country about using teaching applications enriched by history of mathematics in classroom environments are given place in the study.
Middle and Secondary School Students&apos; Approaches to Computer and Internet
Author: Abdüsselam, Mustafa Serkan
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Middle School Students,High School Students,Student Attitudes,Knowledge Level,Barriers,Technological Literacy,Internet,Leisure Time,Educational Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Access to Information,Computer Software,Computers,Foreign Countries,Computer Use

The aim of this qualitative study is to determine middle and secondary school students' approaches related to computers and internet. To achieve this aim a form consisted of 8 open-ended questions was used. The implementation was carried out to 322 middle school and 161 secondary school students in Trabzon and Giresun cities on 2015-2016 school year. It was tried to determine understandings of students related to computer and internet, their computer program and internet sites preferences, the difficulties they have in computer and internet usage, and their suggestions regarding effective usage of computer and internet. The qualitative data obtained were analyzed by content analysis and descriptive analysis methods. Data obtained showed that students saw computer mostly as a tool for amusement and a tool which helped to lessons and they saw internet as the fastest way to reach information and a communication way, they used office programs in computers and preferred communication sites. Also, it was determined that students had some problems in computer and internet usage arising from themselves, others, computers, and internet. Thus, they thought that there had to be in-service training courses related to these problems. Some suggestions were given to students, families, and institutions to make students benefit from computer and internet more effectively. [Paper presented at the International Conference on Education in Mathematics, Science &amp; Technology (ICEMST) (Bodrum, Turkey, May 19-22, 2016).]
The Examination of 7th Grade Students&apos; Achievements in Mathematical Patterns
Author: Hacisalihoglu Karadeniz, Mihriban
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Grade 7,Mathematics Instruction,Mathematics Achievement,Mathematical Concepts,Knowledge Level,Generalization,Foreign Countries,Word Problems (Mathematics),Numbers,Tables (Data),Elementary School Mathematics,Algebra

The aim of this study is to determine the 7th grade students' achievements in mathematical patterns presented by figures, tables, number sequences, and word problems. This research is a situation determination study where quantitative methodology is used. The sample of the study consisted of 47 female and 50 male students, totally 97 students from 7th grades in Giresun city on 2015-2016 academic year. Pattern topic oriented 7 questions were used as the data gathering tool. The questions which focused on the attainments of pattern topic were prepared by the researcher. It was determined that students could perform specialization in figural patterns but they couldn't reach a generalization. In other words, it was observed that students could find the required steps according to a given rule and so they could easily reach the situation which involved operational knowledge. Also, it was seen that although students found the number of figures in the next step of the pattern, they couldn't find the general rule that represented the pattern. Another result of the study was that students could recognize patterns of number sequences but they couldn't find the general term of the pattern. Lastly, it was determined that students couldn't understand patterns which were represented as word problems and they failed at these kind of pattern questions but they had success in pattern questions represented by tables. In this context, it can be offered to give much place to representation forms of patterns by figures, tables, number sequences, and word problems while students are given experiences of patterns. [Paper presented at the International Conference on Education in Mathematics, Science &amp; Technology (ICEMST) (Bodrum, Turkey, May 19-22, 2016).]
Perspectives of Undergraduate Students about Postgraduate Education
Author: Yildiz, Cemalettin
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Attitudes,Undergraduate Students,Postsecondary Education,Foreign Countries,Inferences,Mathematics Instruction,Graduate Study,Graduate Students,Teaching (Occupation),Academic Persistence,College Seniors

Nowadays, demand for postgraduate education is increasing so the necessity to determine undergraduate students' perspectives to postgraduate education is revealed. Thus, the aim of this study is to determine the perspectives of 4th grade mathematics students studying at faculty of arts and sciences and faculty of education about postgraduate education. In the study, qualitative research design was used. 129 undergraduate students participated in the study on fall term of 2015-2016 academic year. 69 students of them were from a faculty of arts and sciences and 60 of them were from a faculty of education. A form including open-ended questions was used to gather the data in the study. Data obtained were analyzed by descriptive and content analysis techniques. At the end of the study, it was found that 50.4% of the students did not want to get a postgraduate education, 41.1% of them wanted to get a postgraduate education, and 8.5% of them did not have an idea about this subject. Also, it was found that students wanted to get a postgraduate education to have much salary, to specialize in the fields, to make academic career, to improve oneself, and since they thought that being appointed as a teacher was more difficult. In addition, the most important reasons for some students who did not have an ambition or attempt to get a postgraduate education were found as they want to be a teacher, they thought they wouldn't have enough time to get postgraduate education, and they would have financial problems. Lastly, it was determined that students were offered to get a postgraduate education by their relatives, friends, and educators and they got information about postgraduate education mostly from their educators, friends, and internet. [Paper presented at the International Conference on Education in Mathematics, Science &amp; Technology (ICEMST) (Bodrum, Turkey, May 19-22, 2016).]