ERIC Number: EJ1223016
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-1927-2677
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Students' Levels of Recognition of Parallelogram and of Establishment of Connections
Biber, Abdullah Çagri; Tuna, Abdulkadir; Dagdelen, Irfan; Kepceoglu, Ibrahim
Journal of Curriculum and Teaching, v8 n3 p1-14 2019
In this research, it is aimed to explore how students are able to define parallelogram and to establish relations with other quadrilaterals at each class level comparatively. Case study is chosen as the methodology of this study and the participants of the study are 120 middle school students from a state middle school in Turkey. Two open-ended questions are used to gather data and the descriptive analysis is used. The results of the study show that the students determine parallelogram based on its typical image. Furthermore, students have not fully grasp the hierarchical relation between these special quadrilaterals in their minds.
Descriptors: Geometric Concepts, Middle School Students, Public Schools, Concept Formation, Geometry, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Instruction, Instructional Program Divisions, Definitions, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Elementary Education; Grade 5; Intermediate Grades; Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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