The effectiveness of 4mat teaching model in overcoming learning difficulties in the perimeter and area of circle and perpendicular cylinder among the seventh year students

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine the learning difficulties in the perimeter and area of circle and perpendicular cylinder of the seventh year students in primary education, and to determine the effectiveness 4MAT teaching model overcoming learning difficulties. The study is planned as with pro-test, last-test control group experimentally design model. The study is applied to 83 students (primary school, 7. class). The findings of this study indicated that students had had learning difficulties about the perimeter and area of circle and perpendicular cylinder, and 4MAT based teaching was effective in overcoming these difficulties, whereas, traditional method was not effective in overcoming learning difficulties.