The effect of mathematics teaching with games on integers on mathematics achivement of 7 th grade student

The aim of this research is to determine the effect of mathematics teaching with games on integers on academic success, permanence and student opinions in 7th grade students. The research was carried out with 30 students studying in a single group pre-test-post-test pattern and seventh grade of a public secondary school in Konya. The teaching of the whole numbers subject to the students for 5 weeks was carried out with games. Achievement test was applied as a retention test 8 weeks after the end of the pretest, posttest and application to determine the success of the students. In addition, semi-structured interviews were conducted to determine students' views on teaching test and Mann-Whitney U test were used in the analysis of the data. As a result of the analysis, the data obtained from the achievement tests were compared to examine the effects of games and teaching method on student achievements. The gender factor did not affect the achievement test results. It was found that teaching mathematics through games positively affects student achievement, increases their achievement levels and provides permanence in learning outcomes. In addition, positive opinions were received from the students for teaching.