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An Investigation of Pre-service Teachers’ Levels of Rewarding Preferences While Maintaining Classroom Discipline
Abstract
In this study, preservice teachers’ levels of rewarding preferences while maintaining classroom
discipline were investigated. This is a survey study which has quantitative research design. The study was conducted
with 163 pre-service teachers studying at the departments of Computer and Instructional Technologies Education,
Foreign Language Education, Elementary Science Education, and Primary Education during the 2010-2011 academic
year. Data were collected through 39 items measuring implementation of psychological, social, and material rewards
under the dimesion of Reward Implementation which is one of the dimensions of the “Classroom Discipline Methods
Scale”. Results were examined according to three variables; gender, type of instruction and the department. Results
revealed that pre-service teachers preferred psychologic and social rewards more often than material rewards. They
agreed with the items related to the implementation of psychological and social reward at ‘always’ level while they
agreed with the items related to the implementation of material rewards at ‘sometimes’ level.
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English
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Publication Date
June 1, 2013
Submission Date
June 1, 2013
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Year 2013 Volume: 6 Number: 2