The Effects Of Mathematical Modelling Activities To Academic Achievement Of The Fifth Grade Students In Mathematics Course

The main purpose of this research is to examine effect of mathematics modelling activities on fifth grade students’ academic achievement in mathematics course. The study, in which the model of experimental technique with pretest and posttest control group was used, was carried out on 55 fifth grade students from a secondary school existing Palandöken District in Erzurum in 2012-2013 academic year. Instruction was carried out with mathematical modelling activities in experimental group(28 students) and according to current curriculum in which mathematical modelling activities was not used in the control group(27 students). The achievement test which was created with The Boarding and Scholarship Exam questions was applied to both two groups as pretest and posttest. In the result of the research it was seen that mathematical modelling- based instruction was more effective on academic achievement than teaching method according the curriculum.