INVESTIGATION OF PROBLEMS POSED BY PRESERVICE ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS AND PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS

Authors : Katibe Gizem Karaaslan, Burcu Durmaz

Pages : 298-301

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Publication Date : 2016-09-01

Article Type : Research

Abstract :The aim of this study is to examine the problems posed by the preservice elementary mathematics and primary school teachers. For this purpose, 112 teacher candidates in total at a state university, 47 from the 4. grade students from elementary mathematics education and 65 from the 3. grade students from primary education, have been asked to pose a problem related to the solution of a problem in the 2015-2016 Academic Year. The type of the study is survey and the data have been analyzed in respect of the problem analysis diagram created by the researchers. The statistics upon the study have been stated with percentage and frequency. At the end of the study, it has been seen that elementary mathematics teacher candidates pose problems in a higher rate than the candidates of primary school teacher candidates. 
Keywords : Problem posing, teacher education