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Turkish High School Students’ Mathematics Values in Terms of Feelings About Mathematics

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Considering that the values that affect mathematical learning processes can be evaluated in the context of mathematical well-being [MWB], MWB may affect how students feel or their ability to do mathematics. This chapter aims to determine the mathematics values (mathematical values and mathematics educational values) that emerged when Turkish students were feeling good while dealing with mathematics at school and relate this to MWB. This study was an explanatory sequential mixed design study, whose participants were Grade 9 Turkish students who were selected according to deviant or extreme sampling. The data were gathered with open-ended questions and semi-structured interviews obtained from Section C (magic pill) of the international What I Find Important (in my mathematics learning) [WIFI] survey. The data were analyzed using the constant comparative analysis method. The data analysis revealed six mathematics values: Ability, effort, mathematics concepts, fun, teacher, and materials enhance thinking. These values were discussed considering the literature, especially within the MWB literature, and some suggestions were made.

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The study involving students from Türkiye was supported, in part, by grants from the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK, Grant No: 1059B191401095). Any opinions expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of TÜBİTAK.

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Dede, Y., Akçakın, V., Kaya, G. (2024). Turkish High School Students’ Mathematics Values in Terms of Feelings About Mathematics. In: Dede, Y., Marschall, G., Clarkson, P. (eds) Values and Valuing in Mathematics Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-9454-0_20

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