Sixth Grade Students' Performance on Length, Area, and Volume Measurement

Sisman G. T., AKSU M.

EGITIM VE BILIM-EDUCATION AND SCIENCE, cilt.37, sa.166, ss.141-154, 2012 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 37 Sayı: 166
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Dergi Adı: EGITIM VE BILIM-EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.141-154
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Conceptual and procedural knowledge, word problem solving, length, area, and volume measurement, MATHEMATICS
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The purpose of this study was to investigate sixth grade students' conceptual and procedural knowledge and word problem solving skills in the domain of length, area, and volume measurement. Through Conceptual Knowledge, Procedural Knowledge, and Word-Problem Tests, data was collected from 445 sixth-grade students attending public primary schools in Ankara, Turkey. The findings revealed that the students were more successful in computational tasks than tasks requiring acquisition and coordination of underpinnings of measurement. A significant relationship not only between the tests, but also between the domains of measurement was observed. The overall performances of the students on the tests significantly differed according to previous mathematics achievement, but no gender difference was observed.