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Bhesh Mainali; Ali Sabri Ipek – International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning, 2025
Textbook is one of the most tangible resources for teaching and learning mathematics, offering valuable opportunities for both teachers and students. This study compared the mathematical tasks in 6th-grade textbooks from the United States and Turkey, focusing on three dimensions of the tasks: representation, contextual features, and cognitive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Textbooks, Textbook Content
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Bütüner, Suphi Önder – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2018
The aim of this study is to compare students' use of number sense strategies based on their mathematics success levels. Participants were 129 seventh graders from three elite secondary schools in Trabzon. Data were collected through a written examination with 10 problems and semi-structured interviews. Interview data were analyzed by considering…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Number Concepts, Mathematics Achievement, Secondary School Students
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Gokkurt Ozdemir, Burcin; Sahin, Omer; Basibuyuk, Kani; Erdem, Emrullah; Soylu, Yasin – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2017
The aim of the study is to examine whether classroom teachers' Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) on numbers develops in the period from their university education to their active teaching profession. Cross-sectional comparative study method was used in this research in order to examine what kind of development classroom teachers? pedagogical…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Mathematics Instruction
Yildiz, Cemalettin – Online Submission, 2016
The aim of this study is to compare the mathematical thinking experiences of fourth grade students at faculty of education and faculty of arts and sciences in the stages of specializing, generalizing, conjecturing, and proving. The study was conducted with 72 fourth grade students in the spring term of the academic year of 2015-2016. While 36 were…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disciplines, Science Education, Art Education, Schools of Education
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Girit, Dilek; Akyuz, Didem – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2016
Studies reveal that students as well as teachers have difficulties in understanding and learning of decimals. The purpose of this study is to investigate students' as well as pre-service teachers' solution strategies when solving a question that involves an estimation task for the value of a decimal number on the number line. We also examined the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes
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Yüzen, Abdulkadir; Karamete, Aysen – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2016
In this study, using ADDIE instructional design model, it is aimed to prepare English language educational material for 4th grade primary students to teach them numbers. At the same time, ARCS model of motivation's attention, relevance and satisfaction phases are also taken into consideration. This study also comprises of Design Based Research…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Instructional Design, Elementary School Students, Grade 4
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Incikabi, Lutfi; Ozgelen, Sinan; Tjoe, Hartono – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2012
This study aimed to compare Mathematics and Science programs focusing on TIMSS content domains of Numbers and Biology that produced the largest achievement gap among students from Turkey and the USA. Specifically, it utilized the content analysis method within Turkish and New York State (NYS) frameworks. The procedures of study included matching…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, State Standards, Mathematics Instruction, Science Instruction