The examination of mental rotation abilities of elementary mathematics education and mathematical engineering students
Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, cilt.2015, ss.612-618, 2015 (Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 2015
- Basım Tarihi: 2015
- Dergi Adı: Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.612-618
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Elementary mathematics education students, Mathematical engineering students, Mental rotation ability
- İstanbul Üniversitesi-Cerrahpaşa Adresli: Hayır
Özet
Mental rotation ability is one of the components of spatial ability. The purpose of the study is to investigate whether there is a difference between the mental rotation skills of elementary mathematics teacher candidates and mathematical engineering students. Elementary mathematics education students from Faculty of Education and mathematical engineering students from Faculty of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade attended to study from a public university. Mental rotation test developed by Sezen Yüksel (2013) was used as data collection tool. The study is a case study and the data obtained from the research were analyzed by a statistics program. The results indicated that there is statistically significant mean difference between mathematics teacher candidates and mathematical engineering students with respect to mental rotation ability. Elementary mathematics education students’ mental rotation test scores were higher than mathematical engineering students. Also, comparisons were used at each grade level.