Determination of Mistakes Made by Pre-Service Mathematics Teachers in Fermi Problem-Solving Performance and Solutions

IF 0.6 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

International Journal of Cognitive Research in Science Engineering and Education-IJCRSEE Pub Date : 2023-08-24 DOI:10.46328/ijres.3293

Zübeyde Er

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Abstract

One of the reasons why students fail in mathematics courses is that the problems used in the lessons are abstract. In this context, it is important to embody the problems used in the lessons. Fermi problems are open-ended problems, a type of problem that reflects real-life situations that are solved by making a series of predictions. In the future, with these problems involving real-life situations, it is today’s pre-service mathematics teachers who are primarily responsible for carrying out an effective teaching process in school mathematics. This research was carried out within the scope of the case study design, which is one of the qualitative research designs, which aims to determine the errors made by primary school mathematics teacher candidates in their performance and solutions to solve the Fermi problem. The study group of the study consisted of 44 pre-service teachers studying in the 4th grade in the department of primary school mathematics teaching in a province located in the southern region of Turkey in the 2022-2023 academic year. As a result of the research, it was concluded that the scores obtained by the pre-service mathematics teachers from the solutions of Fermi problems were not at the desired level, and the performance of the teacher candidates was at a medium level. From the error detection, it was find that the source of this situation is mostly due to the weakness in the dimensional estimation process.

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职前数学教师在费米问题解决表现及解决方案中的错误判断

学生在数学课上不及格的原因之一是课堂上使用的问题是抽象的。在这种情况下，体现课程中使用的问题很重要。费米问题是开放式的问题，这种问题反映了现实生活中的情况，可以通过做出一系列预测来解决。在未来，随着这些问题涉及到现实生活中的情况，今天的职前数学教师主要负责在学校数学中进行有效的教学过程。本研究是在案例研究设计的范围内进行的，这是定性研究设计的一种，旨在确定小学数学教师候选人在表现中所犯的错误以及解决费米问题的方法。本研究的研究对象为土耳其南部某省2022-2023学年小学数学教学部4年级的44名职前教师。研究结果表明，职前数学教师在费米问题解中获得的分数没有达到期望水平，教师候选人的表现处于中等水平。从误差检测中发现，造成这种情况的根源主要是由于维数估计过程中的缺陷。

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International Journal of Cognitive Research in Science Engineering and Education-IJCRSEE EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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1.60

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14.30%

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12 weeks

期刊介绍： International Journal of Cognitive Research in Science, Engineering and Education (IJCRSEE) is an international, high quality, peer reviewed open access journal which publishes articles in all areas of cognitive science, perception, natural language understanding, inference, memory processes, learning, problem solving, planning, connectionism, and other areas of interdisciplinary concern related in education, pedagogy and psychology. All articles are published in English and undergo a peer-review process. The scope of IJCRSEE is focused on cognitive research both in topics covered as well as disciplinary perspective: -Cognitive Research in Education -Cognitive Pedagogics -Cognitive Psychology -Psycholinguistics -Cognitive Linguistics -Cognitive Culture Studies -Cognitive Neurophysiology -Cognitive Aspects: Sport Culture -Cognitive Aspects: Methodology of Knowledge -Text Processing and Cognitive Technologies -Curriculum Development -Development of Learning Environment -Education Administration -Educational Psychology -Educational Technology -Elementary Education -Innovative Pedagogical Models -Learning Systems Platforms -Media Education -Science Education -Teaching and Learning Technologies The main objective of the Journal is to discuss global prospects and innovations concerning major issues of cognitive science, to publish new scientific results of cognitive science research, including the studies of cognitive processes, emotions, perception, memory, thinking, problem solving, planning, education and teaching, language and consciousness study, the results of studying man’s cognitive development and the formation of basic cognitive skills in everyday life. The Journal seeks to stimulate the initiation of new research and ideas in cognitive science for the purpose of integration and interaction of international specialists in the development of cognitive science as interdisciplinary knowledge.