An Analysis of Pre-service Elementary School Teachers' Skills in Geometrical Drawing Using Isometric Paper

Veli Toptaş; Elif Tuğçe Karaca

Vol. 10 No. 2 (2017) IEJEE

An Analysis of Pre-service Elementary School Teachers' Skills in Geometrical Drawing Using Isometric Paper

Veli Toptaş
Elif Tuğçe Karaca

Published December 30, 2017 | Pages: 309-314 | Views: 474

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine pre-service elementary school teachers’ capabilities of deciding the viewpoint and perspective in geometrical drawing. The study examined geometrical drawings the participants did on isometric paper. This is a case study, a qualitative study method, and the study data were analyzed using written documents. The study sample included 34 senior students in the Education Faculty’s Elementary School Teaching Program at a Turkish public university. They were selected from approximately 205 pre-service teachers. The students participated in the study on a voluntary basis. The study results revealed that the pre-service teachers generally had weak skills in geometrical drawing. The participants had better skills in building structures which they saw from the air using unit blocks, and forming a structure of which they had the direct views (left and right; front and back) using unit blocks. However, the participants had weaker skills in drawing the direct views of the structures they had built, recognizing the connections between the left-right views and front-back views of the structures and drawing the structures they built on isometric paper in perspective.

<p>The aim of this study was to determine pre-service elementary school teachers’ capabilities of deciding the viewpoint and perspective in geometrical drawing. The study examined geometrical drawings the participants did on isometric paper. This is a case study, a qualitative study method, and the study data were analyzed using written documents. The study sample included 34 senior students in the Education Faculty’s Elementary School Teaching Program at a Turkish public university. They were selected from approximately 205 pre-service teachers. The students participated in the study on a voluntary basis. The study results revealed that the pre-service teachers generally had weak skills in geometrical drawing. The participants had better skills in building structures which they saw from the air using unit blocks, and forming a structure of which they had the direct views (left and right; front and back) using unit blocks. However, the participants had weaker skills in drawing the direct views of the structures they had built, recognizing the connections between the left-right views and front-back views of the structures and drawing the structures they built on isometric paper in perspective.</p>

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Keywords

Drawing skills, geometry, ısometric paper, pre-service primary school teacher, mathematics teaching

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Veli Toptaş

Assoc Prof /Kırıkkale University

Elif Tuğçe Karaca

Res. Ass. /Kırıkkale University

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Toptaş, V., & Karaca, E. T. (2017). An Analysis of Pre-service Elementary School Teachers’ Skills in Geometrical Drawing Using Isometric Paper. International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 10(2), 309–314. Retrieved from https://iejee.com/index.php/IEJEE/article/view/336

Author Biography

Veli Toptaş

Veli TOPTAŞ: Associate Professor at Kırıkkale Universitry, Faculty of Education Department of Elementary Education.