Webquest based learning: The attitudes of primary students towards mathematics

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the attitudes of primary school students towards mathematics in WebQuest based learning (WBL). A descriptive research model was used to determine the attitudes of primary school students towards mathematics in WBL. The participants of this research comprised 92 students (32 in the 6th grade, 33 in the 7th grade and 27 in the 8th grade), who took a WBL Course in Balikesir run by the researcher. A questionnaire developed by the researcher was given before and after the course in the 2009-2010 fall semesters. The significance of the differences in the attitudes of the primary school students before and after the WBL courses were measured by t test and the students' test scores were found statistically significant at the level of p=0.05. At the end of the course, the attitudes of the primary school students towards mathematics developed in a positive way in all the classes.