Investigation of the effect of mathematics lesson activities connected with different disciplines in the primary school 3rd grade mathematics lesson considering some different variables

This research was carried out to reveal how mathematics lesson activities connected with different disciplines in primary school 3rd grade affect students' mathematics anxiety, mathematics lesson motivation and attitudes towards mathematics lesson. For this purpose, at the end of the research, it is aimed to reveal various application examples of activities connected with different disciplines that teachers can benefit from. The research was carried out as an action research. Action research is a qualitative research design that is frequently applied to improve current situations or eliminate problems. Easily accessible case sampling method was used in the formation of the research group. 17 students in the 3rd grade of a primary school located in the Gölmarmara district center of Manisa province participated in the research. Data collection tools in the research; "Mathematics Anxiety Scale for Primary School Children", "Mathematics Lesson Motivation Scale for Primary School 3rd and 4th Grade Students", "Attitude Scale Towards Adapted Mathematics Short Form" constitute semi-structured interview forms, student diaries and observation notes. Before the application, pre-interviews were made with the students and the scales were applied as a pre-test. After the application, interviews were made with the students and the scales were applied as a post-test. The analysis of the quantitative data was done with the Wilcoxon test. The data obtained from the interview, diary and observation notes were analyzed with descriptive analysis. As a result of the analysis, significant differences emerged between the scores of the students in the pretest and posttest of the anxiety, motivation and attitude scale. It has been revealed that the teaching process carried out with mathematics lesson activities connected with different disciplines reduces students' mathematics anxiety, increases students' motivation towards mathematics lessons and positively affects their attitudes towards mathematics. In addition, in the interviews, diaries and observation findings, it was determined that the students had positive feelings and thoughts about this course process.