Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education
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Journal

Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education


Volume
& Issue

Volume 5, Issue 2


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Pages

119-136


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Article

Sınıf Öğretmeni Adaylarının İlköğretim Matematik Öğretiminde Eğitsel Bilgisayar Oyunlarının Kullanımına Yönelik Görüşleri


Authors

Hasan Topçu Affiliation:
Yüksek Lisans Öğrencisi, Atatürk Üniversitesi, Eğitim Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Matematik Eğitimi Bilim Dalı
, Sevda Küçük Affiliation:
Arş. Gör., İstanbul Üniversitesi, Hasan Ali Yücel Eğitim Fakültesi, BÖTE
and Yüksel Göktaş Affiliation:
Doç. Dr., Atatürk Üniversitesi, Kazım Karabekir Eğitim Fakültesi, BÖTE


Abstract

The aim of this study was to reveal the opinions of elementary school pre-service teachers about the usage of educational mathematics games in elementary mathematics teaching. In this study, case study that, one of qualitative research methods, was used. Data were collected by utilizing a semi-structured interview form to these elementary school pre-service teachers and analyzed using by content analysis method. A total of 10 junior pre-service teachers enrolled in undergraduate programs of elementary teaching attended to this research. In conclusion, these pre-service teachers indicated that educational computer games would provide benefits such as making students’ learning more permanent, visualizing concepts, making students love mathematics, learning by entertaining, reinforcing what has been learnt and developing thinking skills. Nevertheless, these elementary school pre-service teachers stated the limitations about educational computer games such as causing addiction and physical damages, being time-consuming, requiring special equipment and software and making class management difficult. Besides, it was revealed that the pre-service teachers demonstrated positive attitudes towards the use of games in courses while that they did not feel themselves competent in terms of application.


Keywords

Eğitsel bilgisayar oyunları, matematik öğretimi, sınıf öğretmeni adayları, Educational computer games, mathematics teaching, elementary school pre-service teachers


Citation

Topçu, H., Küçük, S., & Göktaş, Y. (2013). Sınıf öğretmeni adaylarının i̇lköğretim matematik öğretiminde eğitsel bilgisayar oyunlarının kullanımına yönelik görüşleri. Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education, 5(2), 119–136.

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