Teaching mathematics is now gaining more importance, as the new
elementary mathematics school curriculum has been adapted to Turkish
Educational System. One of the main goals of the curriculum reform is to
increase elementary school students&rsquo / problem solving abilities in mathematics
(Koç / , ISiksal & / Bulut / 2007). In this study, the aim is to investigate the change
in sixth grade students&rsquo / problem solving abilities, attitude towards problem
solving and attitude toward mathematics after mathematics instruction based
on Polya&rsquo / s problem solving steps. The sample of this study consisted of 53
sixth grade students from an elementary school in Istanbul. The participants
consist of a class selected conveniently among all the sixth grade classes in the
school. In these selected classes, mathematical problems are solved according
to the Polya&rsquo / s problem solving steps by following different problem solution
techniques during the semester.At the end of this study, the three main results were found: 1) Instruction
based on Polya&rsquo / s step has significantly affected students&rsquo / problem solving
abilities in a positive way, 2) students&rsquo / attitudes towards problem solving has
changed in a positive way, 3) students&rsquo / attitudes towards mathematics is
enhanced by the instruction based on Polya&rsquo / s problem solving steps.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12610255/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 December 2008 |
| Creators | Yildiz, Veysel |
| Contributors | Isiksal, Mine |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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