The aims of this study were to investigate the effects of drama based
instruction on seventh grade students&rsquo / achievement on geometry (angles and
polygons / circle and cylinder), retention of achievement, van Hiele geometric
thinking level, attitudes toward mathematics and attitudes toward geometry
compared to the traditional teaching / to get the students&rsquo / views related to the
effects of drama based instruction on their learning, friendship relations,
awareness of themselves, and the role of teacher and students / and to get the
view of teacher who was present in the classroom during the treatment on
drama based instruction.
The study was conducted on three seventh grade classes from a public
school in the 2002-2003 academic year, lasting 30 lesson hours (seven and a
half week).
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The data were collected through angles and polygons / and circle and
cylinder achievement tests, the van Hiele geometric thinking level test,
mathematics and geometry attitude scale, and interviews.
The quantitative analyses were carried out by using two multivariate
covariance analyses. The results revealed that drama based instruction had a
significant effect on students&rsquo / angles and polygons achievement, circle and
cylinder achievement, retention of these achievement, van Hiele geometric
thinking level, mathematics attitude, and geometry attitude compared to the
traditional teaching.
According to the interview responses of the experimental group students
and the classroom teacher, significantly better performance of the experimental
group students was attributable to the potential of the drama based instruction
to make learning easy and understanding better by / supporting active
involvement, creating collaborative studying environment, giving chance to
improvise daily life examples, giving opportunity to communicate, providing
meaningful learning, supporting long-lasting learning and providing selfawareness.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12605351/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 August 2004 |
| Creators | Duatepe, Asuman |
| Contributors | Ubuz, Behiye |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Ph.D. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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