Developing the Understanding of Place-Value in Primary Students

Abstract

In this research, it is aimed to improve the students' understanding of the place value of the third-grade students. The research was designed according to pre-test post-test semi-experimental design without control group. The working group consist of students who have difficulty with place value. Eight students were included in the working group. As data collection tools, place value test, anxiety and attitude scale were used. The computer-aided instruction materials which developed by the researchers were used in practice. Experimental process took two weeks and a total of 6 hours. Following the experimental procedure, post-test was applied to the workgroup and retention test was applied after 3 weeks. In the analyzing data, paired samples t-test were used. As a result of the analysis, there was a meaningful difference between average scores the pre-test and post-test of the study group. Computer-aided instruction materials have been seen to improve students' understanding of place value. There was no significant effect of computer-assisted education on the students' math anxiety and attitude. When the retention test scores were examined, there was no significant difference between the post-test averages and the retention test averages of the students.

Keywords

• Basamak değeri, bilgisayar destekli eğitim, duyuşsal özellik, kaygı, tutum