The Integration of the 4MAT Teaching Model with the Interdisciplinary Structure: A New Model Proposal and Test

Burcu Sezginsoy-Şeker; Filiz Tuba Dikkartın-Övez

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Burcu Sezginsoy-Şeker ¹ ^* , Filiz Tuba Dikkartın-Övez ¹

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¹ Balıkesir University, Faculty of Necatibey Education, Balıkesir, TURKEY^* Corresponding Author

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In this study, the “4MAT (4 Mode Application Techniques) Teaching Model” and “Interdisciplinary Concept Model”, the applications of which aimed to gather different disciplines around the selected concepts, were integrated within the scope of the disciplines of mathematics and social studies. For this study, these two models were combined to develop and test what was designated the I4MAT (Interdisciplinary 4MAT) model. The study was planned with a pretest-posttest, control group, experimental design. The study involved 65 students (primary school, 2016). This study found that the attainment level of students and their mean scores significantly favored the experimental group. It also found that education with the I4MAT model effectively and fully attained the learning aims and achievement and that the scores differed in the control group according to their learning styles.

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4MAT model
interdisciplinary concept model
new model proposal
mathematics education
social studies education

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2018, 1767-1790

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Sezginsoy-Şeker B, Dikkartın-Övez FT. The Integration of the 4MAT Teaching Model with the Interdisciplinary Structure: A New Model Proposal and Test. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2018;14(5):1767-90. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/82986

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