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Universal Journal of Educational Research Vol. 7(1), pp. 298 - 305
DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2019.070138
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Mental Images of Middle School Sixth and Eighth Grade Students about the Concept of Decimal Number
Cansu Çiftçi 1, Dilek Sezgin Memnun 2,*, Bünyamin Aydın 3
1 Sultaniye Elementary School, Bursa, Turkey
2 Department of Elementary Education, Mathematics Education, Faculty of Education, Bursa Uludağ University, Turkey
3 Department of Mathematics and Science Education, Faculty of Education, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Turkey
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.
KEYWORDS
Mathematics, Decimal Number, Mental Image
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Cansu Çiftçi , Dilek Sezgin Memnun , Bünyamin Aydın , "Mental Images of Middle School Sixth and Eighth Grade Students about the Concept of Decimal Number," Universal Journal of Educational Research, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 298 - 305, 2019. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2019.070138.
(b). APA Format:
Cansu Çiftçi , Dilek Sezgin Memnun , Bünyamin Aydın (2019). Mental Images of Middle School Sixth and Eighth Grade Students about the Concept of Decimal Number. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 7(1), 298 - 305. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2019.070138.