Opinions of Primary School Teachers about the Process of Using Mathematical Games in Mathematics Lessons

The purpose of this research is to examine how primary school teachers express mathematical games and their views on the process of using these games in mathematics lessons. The study group consisted of 10 teachers working as primary school teachers. The case study, one of the qualitative research designs, was used in the study. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews with primary school teachers. An interview form which was developed by the researchers as a data collection tool and which included questions to determine teachers' opinions about mathematical games and their use in lessons was used. The interviews were recorded and then transcribed and the answers given by the teachers were examined in detail. According to the results of the research, all of the participant teachers have general knowledge about what the mathematical games are, how their contents can be used and how these games are used in the lessons. At the same time, they think that the use of mathematical games in mathematics lessons will be necessary and useful. In this respect, they stated that they used mathematical games mostly at the 1st grade level and at every opportunity they found in general. In these processes, they also stated that the classes are mostly crowded and the physical disabilities in the classes constitute negativity for them