Prospective Teachers’ Understanding of Graphs
This study examines prospective teachers’ understanding of graphical representations. The research findings indicate that prospective teachers have difficulties in understanding the relationships between the variables in the graphical contexts. The participants were successful in dealing with the gr...
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Gaziantep University
2011-12-01
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| author | İbrahim Bayazıt |
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| description | This study examines prospective teachers’ understanding of graphical representations. The research findings indicate that prospective teachers have difficulties in understanding the relationships between the variables in the graphical contexts. The participants were successful in dealing with the graphs that required quantitative approach, such as dealing with a graph point-by-point or making algebraic manipulations to tease out information embedded in the situation. They were also quite competent to deal with the graphs in a global way providing that the graphs represented real life situations. Nevertheless, very few participants were able to interpret graphs in a global way when the graphs required qualitative approaches, such as an understanding of how changes in the algebraic form of a function could affect the graph of that function |
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| spelling | doaj.art-aa48c42362e44966a54b41b1f12b8a982023-02-15T16:20:19ZengGaziantep UniversityGaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences2149-54592011-12-0110413251346136Prospective Teachers’ Understanding of Graphsİbrahim Bayazıt0?This study examines prospective teachers’ understanding of graphical representations. The research findings indicate that prospective teachers have difficulties in understanding the relationships between the variables in the graphical contexts. The participants were successful in dealing with the graphs that required quantitative approach, such as dealing with a graph point-by-point or making algebraic manipulations to tease out information embedded in the situation. They were also quite competent to deal with the graphs in a global way providing that the graphs represented real life situations. Nevertheless, very few participants were able to interpret graphs in a global way when the graphs required qualitative approaches, such as an understanding of how changes in the algebraic form of a function could affect the graph of that functionhttp://dergipark.gov.tr/jss/issue/24241/256982?publisher=gantepProspective teachers graphs iconic interpretation quantitative interpretation qualitative interpretationÖğretmen adayları grafiksel gösterimler görsel algı nicel algı nitel algı |
| spellingShingle | İbrahim Bayazıt Prospective Teachers’ Understanding of Graphs Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences Prospective teachers graphs iconic interpretation quantitative interpretation qualitative interpretation Öğretmen adayları grafiksel gösterimler görsel algı nicel algı nitel algı |
| title | Prospective Teachers’ Understanding of Graphs |
| title_full | Prospective Teachers’ Understanding of Graphs |
| title_fullStr | Prospective Teachers’ Understanding of Graphs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prospective Teachers’ Understanding of Graphs |
| title_short | Prospective Teachers’ Understanding of Graphs |
| title_sort | prospective teachers understanding of graphs |
| topic | Prospective teachers graphs iconic interpretation quantitative interpretation qualitative interpretation Öğretmen adayları grafiksel gösterimler görsel algı nicel algı nitel algı |
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