This study investigated the metaphorical images taht levels of 7th grade primary school students (N=160) have on the concept of the student. Participants completed the phrase of “A mathematic is like . . . because . . .” to indicate their conceptualizations of learner. Data was analyzed both qualitatively and quantitatively. According to the results, totally 112 valid metaphorical images were identified and they are collected under 5 different conceptual categories. Significant differences are determined in the 5 conceptual themes as participants’ gender. Metaphors can be used as a powerful research tool to understand the levels of 7th grade primary school students’ personal insights on the mathematic
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