Investigating Preschool Teacher Candidates鈥?Mathematics Literacy Self-sufficiency Beliefs on Various Variables

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• 作者：Necdet Taskin^a ; ^{netaskin@hacettepe.edu.tr" class="auth_mail} ; Belma Tugrul^b
• 关键词：Mathematics literacy ; self-sufficiency ; preschool ; teachers
• 刊名：Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
• 出版年：21 February, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：116
• 期：Complete
• 页码：3067-3071
• 全文大小：208 K

文摘

The research aims at determination of the level of the belief in self-sufficiency of the preschool teacher candidates regarding their mathematics literacy skills and the correlation of this belief in self- sufficiency and gender, class, preferring to have mathematics classes in undergraduate education and the field of graduation from high school. In this study, a quantitave descriptive design was used for the purpose of presenting the existing situation as it is. Sample of the research consists of 202 teacher candidates attending a preschool teaching program in 2012-2013 education year in a public university in Turkey. In the research, 鈥?em>Personal Information Form鈥?and 鈥?em>Mathematics Literacy Self Sufficiency Scale鈥?are used. In the statistical analysis of the study, Independent Samples T-Test and One-Way ANOVA and descriptive statistics were used. Preschool teacher candidates鈥?ML self-sufficiency beliefs are significantly different on gender. Finding suggests that taking a mathematics-related class during university positively influences candidates鈥?ML self-sufficiency beliefs. There is a significant difference of class type among participants鈥?ML self-sufficiency beliefs. Also there is a significant difference between high school graduation field and ML self- sufficiency beliefs.