The effect of realistic mathematics education on academi̇c succes, motivation and retention of 5th grade students

In this study, the effect of Realistic Mathematics Education (RME) on academic succes, motivation and retention of 5th grade students in "Data Procressing" learning field was investigated. In the research, quasi-experimental design with pre-test post-test control group was used. The research carried out in two secondary schools in the district of Bayat in Afyonkarahisar province in the second term of 2018-2019 academic year was conducted with a total of 41 students, 19 of whom were experimental and 22 were control groups. While the applications were organized with the RME approach in the experimental group, the control group was carried out in line with the activities included in the Ministry of National Education secondary school mathematics curriculum. The application lasted two weeks. In this study "Data Progressing Field of Learning Acquisition Evaluation Form" including 18 items and "Mathematical Motivation Scale" which was improved by Aktan was used as data collection tools. Acquisition evaluation form and "Mathematical Motivation Scale" were applied to the experimental and control groups as pre-test before application, post-test after application and retention test four weeks after post-test. After application independent samples t-test, related samples t-test, Mann Whitney-U test and one-way analyssis of covariance (ANCOVA) were used in the analysis of the data. As a result of the analysis, there was no significant difference in achievement, motivation and retention scores between the experimental and control groups.