Neslihan SÖNMEZ’s research while affiliated with Trabzon University and other places

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Publications (3)


İspat Sürecinden Yansımalar: Öğretmen Adaylarının İleri-Geri Tekniğini Kullanma Durumlarının İncelenmesiReflections on the Proof Process: The Analysis of the Employment of the Forward-Backward Technique by Pre-service Teachers
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August 2023

Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Eğitim Dergisi

Neslihan SÖNMEZ

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Bülent GÜVEN

Bu çalışmanın amacı, farklı akademik başarıya sahip üç öğretmen adayının ispatlama sürecindeki zihinsel eylemlerini ileri-geri tekniği aracılığıyla resmedebilmektir. Bu amaç dikkate alınarak akademik başarı düzeyi iyi, orta ve düşük olarak belirlenen üç matematik öğretmeni adayı ile bir geometri ve bir cebir sorusu olmak üzere toplam iki soru üzerinden klinik mülakatlar gerçekleştirilmiştir. Her bir öğretmen adayının ispat süreci analiz edilerek ileri-geri yöndeki zihinsel eylem haritaları oluşturulmuş ve bu haritaların ispatı tamamlamadaki rolü tartışılmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda öğretmen adaylarının akademik başarı düzeyi ve hangi alana yönelik soru olduğu fark etmeksizin ispat sürecinde ileri-geri hamlelerini bilinçli olmasa da yoğun bir şekilde gerçekleştirdiği belirlenmiştir. Akademik başarısı arttıkça öğretmen adaylarının ispat sürecindeki ileri ve geri hamle sayılarının arttığı belirlenmiştir.


An example of the code determination process over a student response
Transition to University Mathematics in Turkey: Examining the Views of Students and Faculty Members on Student Difficulties
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May 2022

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International Journal of Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education

Researchers from many countries have pointed out the difficulty of transitioning from high school to university settings, especially within the context of mathematics courses. With its abstract content, deductive thinking structure, and unique language, university mathematics is quite different from high school mathematics for students encountering such courses at the undergraduate level for the first time; often, they may perceive themselves as though they are in a different world. The two main actors playing a role in students’ transition from high school to university mathematics are the students themselves and the faculty members who are attempting to guide them through the process. This study aims to reveal the difficulties experienced by 17 to 19-year-old first-year students in the undergraduate departments of mathematics education and mathematics from the perspectives of students and faculty members. Within the scope of the study, the mathematics courses offered in the first year of a Faculty of Education program and a Faculty of Science program in Turkey were observed for one semester. Interviews were then conducted with volunteer students, as well as faculty members who were instructing the courses. We present the cognitive, epistemological, sociocultural, didactic, and affective aspects of the difficulties experienced by first-year students, as well as the reasons underlying these difficulties.

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... Difficulties at the transition to university mathematics are not limited to the German university context that is specifically considered in the present paper. In fact, they seem to be part of a general issue that is frequently addressed in the international literature (see, e.g., Moore, 1994;De Guzman et al., 1998;Daskalogianni and Simpson, 2002;Di Martino and Gregorio, 2019;Sönmez and Güven, 2022). Accordingly, all math students are exposed to such a discontinuity between school and university mathematics. ...

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Comparing dropout intentions of math students on trainee teacher courses versus bachelor of science courses using intensive longitudinal data
Transition to University Mathematics in Turkey: Examining the Views of Students and Faculty Members on Student Difficulties

International Journal of Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education

... According to the study (Öztürk & Sönmez, 2020), prospective teachers (PTs) in the teacher mentioned above training program gained practical experience with a variety of Web 2.0 applications in both controlled settings, such as computer labs, and real classrooms. They believed that there are advantages to Web 2.0 tools. ...

Investigation of Pre-Service Science Teachers' Graphical and Algebraic Understanding of the Concept of the Limit

Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education (TURCOMAT)