Examining Levels of Mathematics Teaching Anxiety of Pre-service Teachers

Volume: 9 Number: 1 March 1, 2016
  • Enver Tatar
  • Yılmaz Zengin
  • Türkan Berrin Kağızmanlı
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Examining Levels of Mathematics Teaching Anxiety of Pre-service Teachers

Abstract

This research was conducted in order to determine the levels of mathematics teaching anxiety of pre-service mathematics teachers. Survey design was used in the research. The sample of the research was composed of 475 pre-service mathematics teachers who study in the education faculty in a state university in Turkey. A personal information form and a mathematics teaching anxiety scale were used as a data collection tools in the research. The scale comprises 4 sub-dimensions: teaching anxiety caused by content knowledge, teaching anxiety caused by self-confidence, teaching anxiety caused by attitude towards teaching mathematics and teaching anxiety caused by teaching knowledge. As a result of the research, it was determined that the levels of mathematics teaching anxiety of pre-service teachers are below the average score value. Accordingly, it was detected that there was a difference among the levels of mathematics teaching anxiety of pre-service teachers in terms of teaching anxiety caused by content knowledge sub-dimension and their general anxiety according to elementary undergraduate program and secondary undergraduate program. Moreover, it was observed that there was a difference according to class levels among the mathematics teaching anxiety of pre-service mathematics teachers’ mathematics teaching anxiety in terms of the sub-dimension of teaching knowledge. Lastly, it was determined that the anxiety of mathematics teaching of pre-service teachers did not differ in terms of gender.

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Enver Tatar This is me

Yılmaz Zengin This is me

Türkan Berrin Kağızmanlı This is me

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March 1, 2016

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March 1, 2016

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Year 2016 Volume: 9 Number: 1

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Tatar, E., Zengin, Y., & Kağızmanlı, T. B. (2016). Examining Levels of Mathematics Teaching Anxiety of Pre-service Teachers. Journal of Theoretical Educational Sciences, 9(1), 38-56. https://izlik.org/JA27FX28LD