A Structural Equation Model Explaining 8th Grade Students' Mathematics Achievements

Basit Öğe Kaydı
dc.contributor.authorYurt, Eyup
dc.contributor.authorSunbul, Ali Murat
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-23T14:45:53Z
dc.date.available2024-02-23T14:45:53Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.departmentNEÜen_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study is to investigate, via a model, the explanatory and predictive relationships among the following variables: Mathematical Problem Solving and Reasoning Skills, Sources of Mathematics Self-Efficacy, Spatial Ability, and Mathematics Achievements of Secondary School 8th Grade Students. The sample group of the study, itself conducted using a survey model, consisted of 470 8th grade students aging between 14 and 15 years old attending different secondary schools in the city of Konya, Turkey and its surrounding area. Of the total students, 238 were female (50.6%) and 232 were male (49.4%). In the study, the Scale of Sources of Mathematics Self-Efficacy was used to determine students' levels of self-efficacy; the Problem Solving Test was used to measure their problem solving skills; the Reasoning Test was used to measure their reasoning skills; both the Mental Rotation and the Paper Folding Tests were used to measure their spatial skills; and the Mathematics Achievement Test was used to measure their level of mathematics achievement. The data collected in the study were analyzed using one of the Structural Equation Models, that being the Structural Regression Model. According to the results obtained, the variables Sources of Mathematics Self-Efficacy, Spatial Ability, and Problem Solving and Reasoning Skills were witnessed to account for 75% of the variation in mathematics achievement. These variables have a considerable effect on mathematics achievement. Knowing this, it is recommended that, in order increase mathematics achievement, a mathematics teaching model in which these interrelated variables coexist be developed and then implemented in activities supporting self-efficacy.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage1652en_US
dc.identifier.issn1303-0485
dc.identifier.issue4en_US
dc.identifier.startpage1642en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12452/17650
dc.identifier.volume14en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000344252600020en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEdamen_US
dc.relation.ispartofKuram Ve Uygulamada Egitim Bilimlerien_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectMathematics Achievementen_US
dc.subjectProblem Solving Skillen_US
dc.subjectReasoning Skillen_US
dc.subjectSources Of Self-Efficacyen_US
dc.subjectSpatial Abilityen_US
dc.subjectStructural Equation Modelingen_US
dc.titleA Structural Equation Model Explaining 8th Grade Students' Mathematics Achievementsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

Dosyalar

Koleksiyon

WoS İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu