Aslıhan OSMANOĞLU, Yusuf KOÇ, Mine IŞIKSAL

A study on investigating eight : Grade students ' reasoning skills on measurement : The case of cylinder

Bu çalışmanın amacı 8. sınıf öğrencilerinin ölçme alanındaki akıl yürütme becerilerini, daha spesifik olarak belirtmek gerekirse, öğrencilerin silindirin yüzey alan ve hacimine yönelik akıl yürütme becerilerini incelemektir. Veriler, 2008 bahar dönemi sonunda Ankara’daki üç devlet okulu ve iki özel okulda öğrenim görmekte olan toplam 271 öğrenciden elde edilmiştir. Öğrencilerin silindirin alan ve hacmine yönelik akıl yürütme becerilerini tespit etmek amacıyla Silindir İnceleme Envanteri (CET, Merseth, 2003) ölçme aracı olarak kullanılmıştır. Bulgular, 8. sınıf öğrencilerinin kavramsal anlama gerektiren geometri problemlerini çözerken zorluk yaşadıklarını göstermiştir. Bulgular yorumlanmış ve ileriki çalışmalar için öneriler sunulmuştur.

Öğrencilerin ölçme alanında akıl yürütme becerilerine ilişkin bir çalışma : Silindir örneği

The purpose of this study was to investigate 8th grade students’ reasoning skills on measurement. Specifically, in case of surface area and volume of a cylinder. The data were collected from 271 eight grade elementary school students enrolled in three public and two private schools in Ankara at the end of 2008 spring semester. In order to investigate the elementary students’ reasoning skills regarding the area and volume of a cylinder, the Cylinder Exploration Task (CET, Merseth, 2003) was administered as the measuring instrument. The results revealed that 8th grade students had difficulty in solving the problems demanding the conceptual understanding on reasoning and measuring the surface area and volume of cylinder. Discussion of findings and recommendations for future research studies were provided.

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