Determining of problem solving strategies used by primary 8. grade students? in mathematics class

The overall objective of this research is to investigate the effect using a combination of different levels of problem-solving strategies on primary 8 Grade students in math class applied to the teaching of problem-solving strategies,Research was held in the 2010-2011 school year of Istanbul in the second period a primary school in the borough of Esenler. As a tool for research, data collection, the Research Problems prepared by researcher and Mathematical Problem Solving Attitude Scale developed by Canakci (2007).Teaching problem-solving strategies, 4 weeks (15 hours). took in this research,. In this process, students were introduced and different strategies for problem-solving strategies that can be solved problems are solved. Before and after the application of research problems, and Mathematics Problem Solving Attitude Scale developed by the researcher the students were given pre-and post-test.Data collection tools were used as a qualitative and quantitative methods.According to the results, students' problem-solving strategies used by the pre-test was very limited, this situation improved in the final test, students were able to use different solutions. In addition, no significant differences were found for students' attitudes towards mathematics to solve the problemKey words: mathematics education, primary education, problem solving strategies, teaching methods.