Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education
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Journal

Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education


Volume
& Issue

Volume 5, Issue 3


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Pages

259-273


DOI

Article

Kırsal Bölgelerdeki Ortaokul Öğrencilerinin Matematik Kaygı ve Tutumları: Korelasyonel Bir Araştırma


Authors

İshak Karadeniz Affiliation:
Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, Eğitim Bilimleri Enstitüsü
and Engin Karadağ Affiliation:
Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi, Eğitim Fakültesi


Abstract

Correlation between mathematics anxiety and attitude of children who are educated in rural areas were analyzed in this research. Research was premeditated as a correlational design because it was presumed that there was correlation between two main variables. The population of the study was consisted of secondary school students who were educated in a region called rural areas in the central district of Meram/Konya in the school year of 2012-2013. 726 students who were educated in five secondary schools comprised of research sample which was designated as stratified sampling method according to educational regions. Research data were collected by the Mathematics Anxiety Scale, and Mathematics Attitude Scale. Correlation and multiple regression analyses were used to examine data. Findings show that correlation between anxiety and attitude of secondary school students from rural area is in negative direction.


Keywords

Rural education, mathematics attitude, mathematics anxiety


Citation

Karadeniz, I. & Karadağ, E. (2013). Kırsal bölgelerdeki ortaokul öğrencilerinin matematik kaygı ve tutumları: Korelasyonel bir araştırma. Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education, 5(3), 259–273.

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