Investigation of Drawings and Rotation Skills In Integral Volume Problems Solving Process Within Communities of Practices / Uygulama Topluluğu Bağlamında İntegral Hacim Problemleri Çözüm Sürecindeki Çizimlerin Ve Döndürme Becerilerinin İncelenmesi

Abstract

In consequence of the studies on learning and teaching that can be stated as the basis of education and instruction process, new theories have been brought up and the concepts like communities of practices were generated via interaction of them. Communities of practices that one may encounter in daily life as well as education and instruction process can be stated as the learning environment where individual’s problems, matters or interests are shared and that provides expertise by sharing information on a subject or an area. Using visualization skills as well as individual’s algebraic skills in learning environment affect problem solving process. In this research that was conducted with non-positivist interpretive paradigm, drawing and rotation skills within the solution process of integral volume problems were scrutinized in terms of communities of practices. Integral Volume Test, which was tested in terms of reliability and validity, was applied to 101 students who were from the faculty of engineering, mathematics department of faculty of science and letters, primary mathematics teaching department of faculty of education in a state university in Istanbul chosen by using non-purposive sampling technique of nonprobability sample. In this study that benefits from semi-structured interview form and document analysis, data were analyzed with descriptive analysis in two different categories. As a result of the research, it has been revealed that student performances are low, that students having algebraic and spatial skills are successful in problem solving process and that institutional differences such as learning environment and academic members as well as personal differences such as knowledge, skill and motivation affect learning process. Considering that there are little research related to communities of practices, this research is thought to contribute to the literature