Research Article

Pre-Service Mathematics Teachers’ Approaches to Students’ Possible Mistakes in Exponential and Square Root Numbers

Volume: 3 Number: 2 June 30, 2013
  • Merve Özkaya *
  • Alper Cihan Konyalıoğlu
  • Solmaz Damla Gedı̇k
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Pre-Service Mathematics Teachers’ Approaches to Students’ Possible Mistakes in Exponential and Square Root Numbers

Abstract

The aim of the study is to investigate pre-service mathematics teachers’ approaches to students’ possible mistakes in exponential and square root numbers. Moreover this study determines their opinions about the forming reasons of these errors and presents pre-service mathematics teachers’ solution suggestions. Conforming to the purpose, the data were collected with documents and interviews; and descriptive and content features of the data were analyzed. According to the results, this study identi ed that pre-service mathematics teachers had dif culty in explaining the errors in the context of mathematical content knowledge (MCK) and according to them most of these errors were teacher based. The offered solution suggestions of pre-service mathematics teachers in preventing error formation were similar to the knowledge of pedagogical content components. 

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Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Alper Cihan Konyalıoğlu This is me
Türkiye

Solmaz Damla Gedı̇k This is me
Türkiye

Publication Date

June 30, 2013

Submission Date

September 12, 2012

Acceptance Date

December 17, 2012

Published in Issue

Year 2013 Volume: 3 Number: 2

APA
Özkaya, M., Konyalıoğlu A. C., & Gedı̇k S. D. (2013). Pre-Service Mathematics Teachers’ Approaches to Students’ Possible Mistakes in Exponential and Square Root Numbers. Journal of the Institute of Science and Technology, 3(2), 49-54. https://izlik.org/JA39UD65FN
AMA
1.Özkaya M, Konyalıoğlu AC, Gedı̇k SD. Pre-Service Mathematics Teachers’ Approaches to Students’ Possible Mistakes in Exponential and Square Root Numbers. J. Inst. Sci. and Tech. 2013;3(2):49-54. https://izlik.org/JA39UD65FN
Chicago
Özkaya, Merve, Konyalıoğlu Alper Cihan, and Gedı̇k Solmaz Damla. 2013. “Pre-Service Mathematics Teachers’ Approaches to Students’ Possible Mistakes in Exponential and Square Root Numbers”. Journal of the Institute of Science and Technology 3 (2): 49-54. https://izlik.org/JA39UD65FN.
EndNote
Özkaya M, Konyalıoğlu AC, Gedı̇k SD (June 1, 2013) Pre-Service Mathematics Teachers’ Approaches to Students’ Possible Mistakes in Exponential and Square Root Numbers. Journal of the Institute of Science and Technology 3 2 49–54.
IEEE
[1]M. Özkaya, Konyalıoğlu A. C., and Gedı̇k S. D., “Pre-Service Mathematics Teachers’ Approaches to Students’ Possible Mistakes in Exponential and Square Root Numbers”, J. Inst. Sci. and Tech., vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 49–54, June 2013, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA39UD65FN
ISNAD
Özkaya, Merve - Konyalıoğlu Alper Cihan - Gedı̇k Solmaz Damla. “Pre-Service Mathematics Teachers’ Approaches to Students’ Possible Mistakes in Exponential and Square Root Numbers”. Journal of the Institute of Science and Technology 3/2 (June 1, 2013): 49-54. https://izlik.org/JA39UD65FN.
JAMA
1.Özkaya M, Konyalıoğlu AC, Gedı̇k SD. Pre-Service Mathematics Teachers’ Approaches to Students’ Possible Mistakes in Exponential and Square Root Numbers. J. Inst. Sci. and Tech. 2013;3:49–54.
MLA
Özkaya, Merve, et al. “Pre-Service Mathematics Teachers’ Approaches to Students’ Possible Mistakes in Exponential and Square Root Numbers”. Journal of the Institute of Science and Technology, vol. 3, no. 2, June 2013, pp. 49-54, https://izlik.org/JA39UD65FN.
Vancouver
1.Merve Özkaya, Alper Cihan Konyalıoğlu, Solmaz Damla Gedı̇k. Pre-Service Mathematics Teachers’ Approaches to Students’ Possible Mistakes in Exponential and Square Root Numbers. J. Inst. Sci. and Tech. [Internet]. 2013 Jun. 1;3(2):49-54. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA39UD65FN