Examination of the Achievement Inferring Cross Section of Pre-Service Math Teachers According to The Various Factors

Year 2019, Volume: 6 Issue: 2, 68 - 78, 01.06.2019

İsmet Ayhan Osman Sinecen

Abstract

The aim of this study was
to examine the achievement inferring cross section of pre service mathematics
teachers according to some factors such as gender, class level, academic
achievement, taking Analytic Geometry courses, note taking during Analytic
Geometry courses. This study was carried out by the participation of 145
pre-service mathematics teachers in Faculty of Education of a state university
in the region of Aegean of Turkey. Santa Barbara Solids Test was administered
to the participants. The results obtained from the analysis of survey data
showed that there is a significant difference between the achievement inferring
cross section of 3rd grade students and 1st or 2nd grade students, but there is
not a significant difference between the achievement inferring cross section of
3rd grade students and 4st grade students. Moreover, there is not a significant
difference the achievement inferring cross section of pre-service mathematics
teachers according to both academic achievements and genders. Furthermore,
there is not a
significant difference the achievement inferring cross section of pre service
mathematics teacher who taken Analytic geometry courses according to genders,
academic achievements and note-taking during the course.

Keywords

Santa Barbara Solid Test, The Achievement Inferring Cross Sections, Elementary Mathematics Pre-Service Teachers

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