{"title":"Opinions of Preschool and Classroom Teachers on Using Music in Mathematics Teaching","authors":"Cenk Onder Ozen, Y. Yıldız, Zuhal Dinç Altun","doi":"10.14689/EJER.2021.94.15","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Article History: Purpose: The present study aims to examine the opinions of preschool and classroom teachers about the use of music in mathematics teaching. Research Methods: This research was conducted using a case study method and the data were obtained through semi-structured face-to-face interviews consisting of open-ended questions. In this study, 30 teachers, of whom 15 were classroom teachers and 15 were preschool teachers participated. The obtained data were analysed using a content analysis method. Findings: Findings obtained in this study showed that students' attitudes towards mathematics were high. However, teachers faced difficulties in teaching abstract topics in maths and they suggested that Received: 21 Jan 2020 Received in revised form: 5 Mar. 2021 Accepted: 31 Mar. 2021 DOİ: 10.14689/ejer.2021.94.15","PeriodicalId":46491,"journal":{"name":"Eurasian Journal of Educational Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8000,"publicationDate":"2021-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Eurasian Journal of Educational Research","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.14689/EJER.2021.94.15","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Article History: Purpose: The present study aims to examine the opinions of preschool and classroom teachers about the use of music in mathematics teaching. Research Methods: This research was conducted using a case study method and the data were obtained through semi-structured face-to-face interviews consisting of open-ended questions. In this study, 30 teachers, of whom 15 were classroom teachers and 15 were preschool teachers participated. The obtained data were analysed using a content analysis method. Findings: Findings obtained in this study showed that students' attitudes towards mathematics were high. However, teachers faced difficulties in teaching abstract topics in maths and they suggested that Received: 21 Jan 2020 Received in revised form: 5 Mar. 2021 Accepted: 31 Mar. 2021 DOİ: 10.14689/ejer.2021.94.15
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Eurasian Journal of Educational Research (EJER) is a peer-reviewed, an international and interdiscilinary journal publishing original research articles and significant contributions on education and educational sciences . The journal is a valuable resource for teachers, counselors, supervisors, educational administrators, school principals, educational policy makers, curriculum planners, and educational researchers as they consider the structure of tomorrow''s educational system. EJER publishes research employing a variety of qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods research and approaches in all areas in the field of education and educational sciences. The goal of the journal is to increase understanding of learning and teaching in eraly childhood, primary, secondary, vocational and higher education in order to to contribute to the improvement of educational processes and outcomes.