 Effectiveness of Fermi Problem Approach in Enhancing Seventh-Grade Students’ Measurement Estimation SkillsZübeyde Er and Seniye Renan Sezer SAGE Open, 2025, vol. 15, issue 3, 21582440251366051 Abstract: This study was conducted to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of the Fermi problem approach in enhancing measurement estimation skills in mathematics. Employing an action research design, 24 seventh-grade students (13 girls and 11 boys) from a southern Turkish middle school were selected using criterion sampling. Quantitative data were gathered through a Measurement Estimation Skill Readiness Test and tasks based on the Fermi problem approach, complemented by qualitative insights from student reflective diaries. The 10-week action research study consisted of three cycles, each focusing on different aspects of measurement estimation: length, area, and volume in the first cycle; liquid measurement and volume in the second cycle; and weight estimation with Fermi problems in the third cycle. The findings highlighted the effectiveness of the Fermi problem approach in enhancing the measurement estimation skills of seventh-grade students. The research findings suggest that incorporating Fermi problems into the problem-solving process in instructional programs may offer significant contributions in providing a different perspective on the development of students’ measurement estimation skills. Keywords: Fermi problems; measurement estimation; problem solving (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sae:sagope:v:15:y:2025:i:3:p:21582440251366051 DOI: 10.1177/21582440251366051 Access Statistics for this article More articles in SAGE Open |
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