%0 Journal Article
%T Students' Conception about the Relation of Mathematics to Real-Life
%A Shirin Soltani Salout
%A Mohammad-Hassan Behzadi
%A Ahmad Shahvarani
%A Maryam Manuchehri
%J Mathematics Education Trends and Research
%D 2013
%I International Scientific Publications and Consulting Services (ISPACS)
%R 10.5899/2013/metr-00009
%X Present paper has studied the conceptions of high school students about mathematical relations to the real life in the three strands; mathematics, experimental science and humanities. Regard to this research, research methodology was survey. Consequently 780 girl high school students are chosen via multi-steps cluster sampling method randomly. Questionnaire forms are applied in four parts as research instrumentation. Data are analyzed thereby descriptive and inferential statistics for further analysis as a result of the process that is demonstrated via one-sample sign test in order to collect and analyze of students' responses regard to self-conception about mathematics in real-life. Accord to the findings and results, it seems that students believed that the generalization of mathematics to the real life is surprisingly insufficiency. These views and responses are indicated that it necessaries to modify the textbooks and curriculums in terms of mathematics development and students' needs in real-life. Also teachers have to spend the special courses for this important.
%K "">Mathematics education
%K relations
%K real-life
%K conception"/>
%U http://www.ispacs.com/journals/metr/2013/metr-00009/article.pdf