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24 SES 10, Teacher Training
Paper Session
Contribution
Turkish students’ performance in mathematics does not seem brilliant in international exams like Program of International Student Assessment (PISA) and Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). Their average math score was 448 in PISA in 2012, which was well below the OECD average of 494 (qualifying it 44th among 65 OECD countries) (OECD, 2014). Similarly, according to TIMSS 2011 scores 4th grader Turkish students were 35th and 8th grader students were 24th in terms of math scores (Mullis, Martin, Foy, & Arora, 2012). No matter how successfully the curriculum is implemented, results of such international exams suggest that actual functionality of the national math curriculum should be questioned and revised. As a matter of fact, students’ performances in math have usually been an issue in Turkey and factors for failure to achieve better math achievement have been investigated (Dursun & Dede, 2004; Savaş, Taş & Duru, 2010). Among these factors affective ones, such as learners’ attitudes towards and anxiety against mathematics play critical role in terms of math achievement. There is a number of researches investigating the relationship between learners’ attitudes towards mathematics and mathematic achievement (Çağlar, 2010; Kılıç, 2011; Nazlıçiçek & Erktin, 2002; Peker & Mirasyedioğlu, 2003; Saydam, 2005; Sezgin, 2007; Şentürk, 2010; Yenilmez& Özabacı, 2003; Yenilmez, 2007; Yücel & Koç, 2011).
Findings of many researches conducted with Turkish students indicated a possitive correlation between attitudes towards mathematics and mathematic achievement (Çağlar, 2010; Kılıç, 2011; Nazlıçiçek & Erktin, 2002; Peker & Mirasyedioğlu, 2003; Saydam, 2005; Sezgin, 2007; Şentürk, 2010; Yenilmez & Özabacı, 2003; Yenilmez, 2007; Yücel & Koç, 2011). This suggests that as the learners develop positive attitudes towards mathematics, their performance in mathematics also increases. On the contrary, there are also researches which found out that there is no statistically significant correlation between attitudes towards mathematics and mathematic achievement (Ekizoğlu& Tezer, 2007; Kasa, 2009; Keşan, Yetişir& Kaya, 2011; Tabuk, 2009). Since, it seems that individual studies put forward different and inconsistent results, there is a need to combine the findings of these research through a meta-analysis.
The present study aimed to find out the direction and magnitude of the correlation between Turkish students’ attitudes towards mathematics and their mathematics achievement via a meta-analysis. Although there are many studies investigating this relationship individually in Turkish context, our literature review yielded no meta-analytic studies combining the results. Thus answers to following research questions were sought in this meta-analytic study:
a) What is the common effect size of the correlation between Turkish students’ attitudes towards mathematics and their mathematics achievement?
b) Is there a statistically significant difference between the common effect sizes of the correlations across different grade levels?
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Expected Outcomes
References
Included studies are shown with (*) Cohen, L., Manion, L.,& Morrison, K.(2007). Research Method in Education (6thedition). NY:Taylor&Francis e-Library Cooper, H., Hedges, L.V.& Valentine, J.C.(2009). The handbook of research synthesis and meta-analysis (2nd edition). NY:Sage Publication. *Çağlar, G. (2010). Yapılandırmacı Yaklaşımın Matematik Öğretimine (İlköğretim 7. Sınıflarda) Etkisi. Unpublished master thesis, Beykent University, İstanbul. Dursun, Ş.& Dede, Y. (2004). Öğrencilerin Matematikte Başarısını Etkileyen Faktörler: Matematik Öğretmenlerinin Görüşleri Bakımından. Gazi Üniversitesi Gazi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 24(2), 217-230. *Ekizoğlu, N.& Tezer, M. (2007). İlköğretim Öğrencilerinin Matematik Dersine Yönelik Tutumları ile Matematik Başarıları Puanları Arasındaki İlişki. Journal of Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 1-15 *Kasa, B. (2009). Yazma Etkinliklerinin İlköğretim İkinci Kademe Öğrencilerinin Matematik Başarılarına ve Tutumlarına Etkisi. Unpublished master thesis, Pamukkale University, Denizli. *Keşan, C.,Yetişir, Ş. & Kaya, D. (2011). İlköğretim İkinci Kademe Öğrencilerinin Görsel, İşitsel ve Kinestetik Durumlarının Belirlenmesi ve Matematiğe Yönelik Tutumlarının Başarıya Etkisi. e-Journal of New World Sciences Academy, 6(4), 2660-2674. *Kılıç, A.S. (2011). İlköğretim İkinci Kademe Öğrencilerinin Genel Başarıları, Matematik Başarıları, Matematik Dersine Yönelik Tutumları, Güdülenmeleri ve Matematik Kaygıları Arasındaki İlişki. Unpublished master thesis, Gazi University, Ankara. Mullis, I.V.S, Martin, M.O., Foy, P.,& Arora, A. (2012). TIMSS 2011 International Results in Mathematics. International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement. Herengracht 487, Amsterdam, 1017 BT, The Netherlands. OECD (2014) PISA 2012 Results in Focus: What 15-year-olds know and what they can do with what they know: Key results from PISA 2012, retrived from http://www.oecd.org/pisa/keyfindings/pisa-2012-results-overview.pdf *Reçber, Ş. (2011). İlköğretim 7. Sınıf öğrencilerinin matematik öz yeterlik algısı, matematik kaygısı, matematik dersine karşı tutum ve matematik başarıları arasındaki ilişkinin cinsiyet ve okul türüne göre incelenmesi. Unpublished master thesis, METU, Ankara. Savaş, E., Taş, S.& Duru, A. (2010). Matematikte Öğrenci Başarısını Etkileyen Faktörler. İnönü Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 11(1), 113- 132 *Sezgin, M. (2007). Öğrencilerin Matematik Başarılarına Etki Eden Faktörler. Unpublished master thesis, Beykent University, İstanbul. *Şentürk, B. (2010). İlköğretim Beşinci Sınıf Öğrencilerinin Genel Başarıları, Matematik Başarıları, Matematik Dersine Yönelik Tutumları Ve Matematik Kaygıları Arasındaki İlişki. Unpublished master thesis, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar *Tabuk, M. (2009). Proje Tabanlı Öğrenmede Çoklu Zekâ Yaklaşımının Matematik Öğrenme Başarısına Etkisi. Unpublished doctoral thesis, Marmara University, İstanbul. *Tektaş, M. (2010). Meslek Yüksek Okulu Öğrencilerinin Matematik Tutumları ve Bireysel Farklılıklarının İncelenmesi. SÜ İİBF Sosyal ve Ekonomik Araştırmalar Dergisi, 13(19), 241- 250 *Yücel, Z. & Koç, M. (2011). İlköğretim Öğrencilerinin Matematik Dersine Karşı Tutumlarının Başarı Düzeylerini Yordama Gücü ile Cinsiyet Arasındaki İlişki. İlköğretim Online, 10(1), 133-143
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