Presenting a conceptual model of factors affecting students' geometric performance, focusing on the subject of quadrilaterals

Firouzshahi, Faezeh; Yaftian, Narges

doi:10.22034/jei.2025.493825.3105

Presenting a conceptual model of factors affecting students' geometric performance, focusing on the subject of quadrilaterals

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Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Faezeh Firouzshahi ¹

Narges Yaftian ²

¹ Mathematics teacher in Tehran . Ph.D. student in Mathematics Education, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran

² Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran

10.22034/jei.2025.493825.3105

Abstract

The purpose of this qualitative research was to analyze the factors influencing students' performance in quadrilaterals, which was done with meta-synthesis method. The statistical population included valid scientific articles related to the subject in the period from 2015 to 2024, which were published in domestic and foreign scientific databases. After examining the title, abstract, and content of the research and using the criterion of critical evaluation skills, 20 sources were selected purposefully and analyzed using the conventional seven-step method in meta-composite research. Also, the reliability of the research was calculated based on the Kappa index of 0.78. According to the research findings, 4 main categories, 14 themes and 101 final codes were identified and extracted. The results indicate that there are many factors that affect the learning of this subject of geometry. The main categories affecting students' performance in the subject of quadrilaterals include challenges and misconceptions of students about quadrilaterals, characteristics and skills of students, teachers and educational resources, which includes factors such as fundamental challenges, basic concepts and mistakes in definitions, characteristics of quadrilaterals and their relationships, drawing and calculating mistakes, effects of language and terms, special quadrilaterals, learning and cognitive characteristics, geometrical skills, teacher's teaching method, teacher's misconceptions, actions that cause misconceptions, teachers' professional competences in the subject of quadrilaterals, textbooks and educational tools. These findings can familiarize teachers and educators with the range of factors affecting students' geometric performance, as well as a set of misconceptions they have in the field of quadrilaterals, and provide researchers with ideas for conducting new research. Audiences can also identify factors emphasized in previous research and research gaps in this area.

Keywords

meta-synthesis

quadrilaterals

geometry

student

geometric performance

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