Enhancing Mathematics Achievement of Elementary School Students through Homework Assignments Enriched with Metacognitive Questions

Zeynep Çiğdem Özcan; Emine Erktin

doi:10.12973/eurasia.2015.1402a

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Zeynep Çiğdem Özcan ¹, Emine Erktin ² ^*

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¹ Maltepe University
² Boğaziçi University
^* Corresponding Author

Abstract

Background:
This study investigates the effect of homework assignments enriched with metacognitive questions on students’ mathematics achievement and homework behaviors.

Materials and methods:
A quasi-experimental design with pre- and post-test measures and two groups (experimental and control) was employed to investigate the effect of the enriched homework. Forty-four students participated in the study. Data were obtained through the Mathematics Homework Behaviors Scale. First semester mathematics scores taken from students’ report cards were used as a pre-test of mathematics achievement; the mean of second and third examination scores were used as a post-test.

Results:
The results revealed a significant difference between the mathematics scores of students in the experimental and the control groups. No significant differences were found between the homework behavior scores of the experimental group and the control group.

Conclusions:
The results were thought to be useful for mathematics teachers.

Keywords

homework assignments
metacognition
homework behavior
mathematics achievement

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Özcan, Z. Ç., & Erktin, E. (2015). Enhancing Mathematics Achievement of Elementary School Students through Homework Assignments Enriched with Metacognitive Questions. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 11(6), 1415-1427. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2015.1402a

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Özcan ZÇ, Erktin E. Enhancing Mathematics Achievement of Elementary School Students through Homework Assignments Enriched with Metacognitive Questions. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2015;11(6):1415-27. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2015.1402a

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Özcan ZÇ, Erktin E. Enhancing Mathematics Achievement of Elementary School Students through Homework Assignments Enriched with Metacognitive Questions. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2015;11(6), 1415-1427. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2015.1402a

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Özcan, Zeynep Çiğdem, and Emine Erktin. "Enhancing Mathematics Achievement of Elementary School Students through Homework Assignments Enriched with Metacognitive Questions". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2015 11 no. 6 (2015): 1415-1427. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2015.1402a

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Özcan, Z. Ç., and Erktin, E. (2015). Enhancing Mathematics Achievement of Elementary School Students through Homework Assignments Enriched with Metacognitive Questions. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 11(6), pp. 1415-1427. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2015.1402a

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Özcan, Zeynep Çiğdem et al. "Enhancing Mathematics Achievement of Elementary School Students through Homework Assignments Enriched with Metacognitive Questions". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 11, no. 6, 2015, pp. 1415-1427. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2015.1402a