Melike Dinçer’s scientific contributions

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of musical math participants on academic success achievement and attitudes towards mathematics exercised in the second grades in elementary schools. This research, which is a kind of experimental pattern, is an example of preliminary and final test model with sampling and control. The subjects of the study consisted of 29 students in class 2-C (Control Group) and 29 students in class 2-B (Experiment Group) who were both chosen from 60.Yıl Elementary School, one of the central schools in Bolu. While forming the groups, the points received from Mathematic Achivement By Boful Success Test and Math Attitude Scale, which had been developed in order to measure the prerequisite behaviors were taken into consideration and two classrooms equal to one another were selected. In the research, Musical Math Games prepared for the subjects to be covered in May such as “Measuring of Lengths, Measuring of Liquids, Geometric Objects and Multiplication Table” were applied to the experiment group while the control group was taught math using conventional math teaching. In the research, for the purpose of gathering data, Math Success Test was used to measure the acquisitions in cognitive fields and Math Course Attitude Survey was used to measure behaviors in the sensory fields. Instruments used for gathering data were applied to the participants both at the beginning and at the end of the research so as to obtain the acquisitions of students related to cognitive and sensory behaviors in the matters determined in the research. The data was analyzed using statistical methods like arithmetic average, standard deviation and t of independence. The results indicated that math taught with musical math games was more effective in terms of students’ success and it was found out that teaching math using musical math games was more effective on enhancing students' attitudes towards the course in comparison to the conventional teaching.