Pre-Service Teachers' about the Use of Web Adventure in the Course of Introduction to Computer

Abstract

Within the present study, the opinions of the 1st year students from the department of mathematics teaching about the use of web adventure in the course of introduction to computer were investigated. The study group of the present study consists of 40 pre-service teachers. The students created groups of 2 or 3 students. The groups were asked to determine the characteristics to be possessed by a good teacher and then to make some comments and create graphs related to these characteristics. The students’ comments and graphs were organized in a presentation program and then presented to their classmates. At the end of the application, a data collection tool aiming to elicit the students’ opinions about the application was administered. The data collected were analyzed by two evaluators. And as a result, it was found that web adventure is a different and effective method and can be used in various courses by means of some enrichment

Keywords

• web adevnture, pre-service teacher, mathematics teaching

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