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The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of mathematics literacy education on secondary school sixth graders on the success of mathematics literacy and to examine the changes in attitudes and motivations towards mathematics. The study was on the 56 sixth grade students who goes to the of a state secondary school in Bursa. In this study, a mixed method is used which is a combination of qualitative and quantitative research. In this research, mathematical literacy training was given to the experimental group for 12 weeks, while the control group continued teaching according to the principles in the mathematics teaching program. Mathematics Literacy Test was applied to the students as pre-test and post-test. The mathematical motivation scale was applied to the experimental and control groups in order to investigate whether the application was effective on the motivation of the students. Finally, at the end of the training, the students were asked to write a letter to explain their feelings and thoughts about the educational process and these letters were subjected to content analysis. As a result of the findings, it has been observed that mathematics literacy training significantly increased the mathematical literacy achievements of sixth grade students. Moreover, as a result of the application, it has been detected that the attitudes of the sixth grade students towards mathematics change positively and increased motivation. The letter content from the students showed that they are positive developments in motivation towards emotional and learning.

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