Pre - School Teachers' Self Efficacy Related To Early Maths Education
Abstract
Purpose of this study is examining the pre-school teachers' level of self efficacy related to early maths education and correlation between these levels and various variables. Determining tool of Pre - school teachers' self efficacy related to early maths education is applied to 60 teachers who were pre-school teachers in 2013 and formed sample of this study. As a result of these analysis, it has been precipitated that teachers' level of self efficacy related to early maths education is good. Also, it has been detected that teachers' level of self efficacy related to early maths education showed a difference in according to degree of teachers' own self- efficacy in branch of pre-school teacher and generally degree of teachers' self efficacy while planning and applying the activity of maths.
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