Learning difficulties of fourth graders about the subject of fractions in primary school

Learning difficulties of fourth graders about the subject of fractions in primary school

dc.date.accessioned	2019-12-23T10:59:29Z
dc.date.available	2019-12-23T10:59:29Z
dc.date.issued	2019	en_US
dc.department	Eğitim Fakültesi	en_US
dc.description.abstract	This study was carried out to determine the learning difficulties and misconceptions of Grade 4 students on fractions by using the Diagnostic Tree Technique, an alternative assessment and evaluation tool. When studies on the fractions are examined, it has been seen that the data obtained with the Diagnostic Tree Technique are limited. The study group consisted of 8 students in the 4th grade of a primary school in the city center of Batman in 2017-2018 academic year. In order to collect data convergent parallel design, one of the mixed method research designs which both quantitative and qualitative data collection tools utilized were used. The quantitative data were obtained by using the Diagnostic Tree Test and the qualitative data were obtained by semi-structured interview technique. The questions in the diagnostic branched tree test were prepared in accordance with learning outcomes of Ministry of National Education for 4th graders. The reliability of the questions in the test was calculated as 0,79 with the KR20 formula. The frequencies of the answers of the students were calculated by SPSS package program. As a result of the interviews, the results of the students' responses were analyzed and the data obtained from the two data sources were blended in the analyzed findings part. In the light of the obtained data, the misconceptions in the lower learning area of fourth grade students were determined and some suggestions were made to prevent misconceptions.	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Epçaçan, C. (2019). Learning Difficulties of Fourth Graders About The Subject of Fractions in Primary School, ISSN 2422-8702 (Online), Vol 5, No.2, 2019.	en_US
dc.identifier.doi	10.7176/JSTR/5-2-37
dc.identifier.endpage	327	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	2422-8702
dc.identifier.issue	2	en_US
dc.identifier.startpage	314	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12604/2368
dc.identifier.volume	vol 5	en_US
dc.institutionauthor	Epçaçan, Cevdet
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	International Journal of Scientific and Technological Research	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	International Journal of Scientific and Technological Research
dc.relation.publicationcategory	Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı	en_US
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess	en_US
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/	*
dc.snmz	#KayıtKontrol#
dc.subject	Fractions, Misconceptions, Diagnostic Branched Tree, 4th Grade Students	en_US
dc.subject	Fractions	en_US
dc.subject	Misconceptions	en_US
dc.subject	Diagnostic Branched Tree	en_US
dc.subject	4th Grade Students	en_US
dc.title	Learning difficulties of fourth graders about the subject of fractions in primary school	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US