The Relationship between Mathematical Teaching Efficacy Beliefs and Reflective Thinking Skills of Pre-Service Primary School Teachers
Abstract
The aim
of this research
is to determine
whether the mathematics
teaching efficacy beliefs
and reflective thinking
skills differ according
to the variables
of gender and university
and to determine the relationship between mathematics teaching efficacy beliefs and reflective thinking skills of
pre-service primary school teachers. A total of 279 senior pre-service teachers participated
in this research, including 102 participants from
Pamukkale University, 71
participants from Kırıkkale
University and 106 participants from
Giresun University in the spring
semester of 2016-2017
academic year. In this study, in
order to measure the level of relationship between pre-service primary school teachers’ mathematics teaching
efficacy beliefs and reflective thinking skills,
“Mathematics Teaching Proficiency
Beliefs Scale" developed
by Enochs et al.
(2000)
and adapted to
Turkish by Hacıömeroğlu
ve Şahin-Taşkın (2010)
and "Reflective Thinking
Scale" developed by Güney (2008) were used. At the end of the research, it was revealed that the pre-service
primary school teachers’ efficacy beliefs in mathematics teaching were remained as
"agree" level, and their reflective thinking skills
were remained as
"strongly agree" level.
Pre-service primary school
teachers’ mathematics teaching
efficacy beliefs did not differ according to gender but it differed according to the universities. On the other
hand, the reflective thinking skills of pre- service primary
school teachers did
not differ according
to both gender
and universities. Lastly,
there was a
meaningful and positive
but weak relationship between
classroom teacher candidates'
proficiency beliefs in
mathematics teaching and reflective thinking skills.
Keywords
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Details
Primary Language
Turkish
Subjects
-
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Emine Gözel
Şırnak Üniversitesi, Eğitim Fakültesi
Türkiye
Veli Toptaş
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KIRIKKALE ÜNİVERSİTESİ, EĞİTİM FAKÜLTESİ
Türkiye
Publication Date
January 11, 2018
Submission Date
July 7, 2017
Acceptance Date
January 5, 2018
Published in Issue
Year 2017 Volume: 6 Number: 4
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