@article{2017,title={AN EXAMPLE GEOMETRY COURSE TAUGHT IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS: AREA OF THE RECTANGLE},abstractNode={The 19th century is the period when important reformation and transition in education and science have been realized, taking the western model as it is in many places in the Ottoman Empire. Transferred from the western civilization, course books on fundamental sciences that were taught only in madrasahs at the beginning, were also published and used in primary and secondary education as well, in the following years. Educational Statute 1869, involved geometry in educational system. In those elementary schools, called “Mekatib-iptidâiye” and today known as “secondary school”, formed in 1870, there were no geometry courses in the beginning, however in the following years, geometry was attached to the curriculum. This research studies the articles, “An Example Geometry Course in Elementary Schools” by Ali Haydar on the issue 32 of Teaching Journal in 1922. This research aims to introduce how geometry (back then hendese) show how the field of the rectangle is tried to be given to the students during the mentioned period. This is a descriptive research, conducted using screening model. This research, raising awareness on the historical development of geometry education in terms of how the courses were conducted, is expected to contribute to the studies of educators of this field.},author={Gönül Türkan DEMİR-- Emine ALTUNAY ŞAM - Keziban ORBAY},year={2017},journal={The Journal of Social Sciences}}