Investigating the Effect of History-of-Mathematics Activities on Middle-Grade Students' Mental Computation and Opinions: An Action Research

Autor/inn/en	Sahin, Ömer; Danaci, Dönsel
Titel	Investigating the Effect of History-of-Mathematics Activities on Middle-Grade Students' Mental Computation and Opinions: An Action Research
Quelle	In: International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 53 (2022) 9, S.2281-2318 (38 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Sahin, Ömer) ORCID (Danaci, Dönsel)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0020-739X
DOI	10.1080/0020739X.2020.1857859
Schlagwörter	Mathematics Education; History; Mathematics Activities; Middle School Students; Mental Computation; Student Attitudes; Action Research; Grade 7; Foreign Countries; Teaching Methods; Addition; Subtraction; Multiplication; Division; Mathematics Skills; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mathematische Bildung; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Kopfrechnen; Schülerverhalten; Projektforschung; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Ausland; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Subtraktion; Multiplikation; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Türkei
Abstract	This study aims to investigate the effect of history-of-mathematics activities on the development of mental computation of middle-grade students and to determine the students' views on the history of mathematics. This study was carried out as an action research project. The participants of the study consisted of 19 seventh-grade students studying at a middle school and a mathematics teacher. A mental computation proficiency test, a questionnaire, semi-structured interviews, field notes taken by the teacher and work sheets for the history of mathematics that were administered to the students were used during the data collection process of this study. At the end of the study, it was seen that the history-of-mathematics activities were effective in some of mathematical operations but not in some others. The history-of-mathematics activities were also found to contribute to the enrichment of computational strategies of the middle graders. Moreover, the middle grade students and the teacher who participated in the study stated that the history-of-mathematics activities had positive aspects, such as computational practicality, building positive attitudes towards mathematics and transferability to daily life. However, the history-of-mathematics activities were described to be difficult and complex by some of the students. [This study was presented in the 'International Conference on Mathematics and Mathematics Educations' (ICMME-2019) (11--13 July 2019, Konya).] (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01