Ticari bilimlerde matematik öğretiminde karşılaşılan sorunlar ve çözüm önerileri

Ticari Bilimlerde öğrenciler Ekonomi ve Finans başta olmak üzere ana dal müfredatlarında mevcut olan dersleri daha iyi anlayabilmek, mezun olduklarında, ekonomik analiz yapıp, matematik model kurabilmek için iyi derecede matematik bilmek zorundadırlar. Oysa liseden gelen, Ticari Bilimler öğrencilerinin çoğunluğu, başlangıçta matematiğe çok fazla ilgi duymamaktadır. Bu öğrenciler arasında, matematikten başarılı olamadıkları ya da sevmedikleri için sosyal bilimleri seçtiklerini söyleyenlerin azımsanamayacak sayıda olması, matematik öğretimine özel bir yaklaşımın gerekliliğini ortaya koymaktadır. Bu çalışmada, Ticari Bilimler Fakültesinde 8 yıl boyunca uygulanan basit ama etkili yöntem anlatılmıştır. Burada uygulanan matematik dersinin içeriğinin, yanı sıra bu içeriğin anlatım sırası ve metodu hepsi bir bütün olarak önem kazanmaktadır.

The problem faced in mathematics teaching in commercial science and proposal for solutions

In order to better understand their majors’ curriculum, and to do economic analysis and create mathematical models when they graduate, students studying Commercial Science have to know mathematics very well. However, high school graduates who decide to study Commercial Science are not very interested mathematics. There is a nontrivial number of students among these graduates who choose social sciences because they are not sucsessful in or dislike mathematics. Thus, a new approach to teaching mathematics is essential. In this study, the simple but effective methods used in Commercial Science Faculty for the last 8 years are explained. The contents of the mathematics courses and the way the contents are taught are of utmost importance.

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