Abstract:

Realist Mathematics Education (GME) is a mathematics-specific learning approach. GME begins with the creation of concrete situations by moving students from mathematical problems in everyday life. Mathematics begins with understanding, mathematical learning occurs with the participation of students in the environments they can experience. This study is aimed at presenting the views of the students of the fourth grade of primary school on the GME applied on the four processes. For this purpose, the research was carried out with 10 (5 girls, 5 men) primary school fourth-class students who made errors in relation to four processes. The study applied the "Realistic Mathematical Education Interview Form" which includes seven open end issues in order to obtain students' opinions about GME. The analysis of the data obtained was analyzed according to the sub-problems of the research.  In order to ensure validity and reliability during the analysis, direct statements are placed, coders are coded and coding reliability is provided. The findings of the research have been found based on the sub-problems of the research. In this regard, primary school students related to the first sub-problem have expressed that math lessons should be fun and include examples from everyday life. In relation to the second sub-problem, it has been revealed that from the expression "Reality Mathematics" primary school students understand examples from everyday life. In the third sub-problem, students found that GME should be used in order to use mathematics in real life, create a fun learning environment and use examples in real life in mathematics. According to the fourth subproblem of the study, students said they were more suitable for the field of GME measurement in primary school. The fifth sub-problem of the study in GME has found that the use of real-life materials in daily life makes it easy to use mathematics and learn.

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