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Asan, Selim; Sen, Ilhan – Journal of Educational Issues, 2021
The aim of this study is to examine the opinions of preservice physical education teachers towards the teaching field knowledge test (TFKT). The test, which constitutes half of the score required to be appointed as a teacher is believed to determine the level of knowledge of preservice teachers in their fields of teaching. Preservice teachers'…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Physical Education Teachers, Student Attitudes, Knowledge Base for Teaching
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Yalcin, Fatma Aggul; Yalcin, Mehmet – Science Education International, 2020
The purpose of this study was to determine Turkish primary teacher candidates' conceptual understandings of gases. In this study, a survey approach was used. The sample consisted of 240 primary teacher candidates. As the data collection tool, a questionnaire of six questions consisting of three open-ended and three multiple choice was used. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers
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Doruk, Muhammet; Çiltas, Alper – International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, 2020
The purpose of this study is to reveal the concept definitions and examples of pre-service elementary mathematics teachers regarding sets. In this context, students' formal definitions, personal definitions and examples in sets were investigated. Concept of equal sets, subsets, union, intersection, compliment, and difference were considered as…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Mathematical Concepts, Elementary School Mathematics
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Sahin, Gün Erol; Demirbas, Çagri Öztürk – Participatory Educational Research, 2021
The study aimed to investigate how social studies teachers give information about the immediate environment in lessons and determine course objectives through non-formal school activities. The study sample consisted of 38 social studies teachers working in Kirikkale province in the 2018-2019 academic year. The data were analyzed with content…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Studies, Knowledge Level, Geography Instruction
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Körhasan, Nilüfer Didis; Gürel, Derya Kaltakçi – Science Education International, 2019
Experience and intuition may help explain everyday phenomena. However, physics concepts cannot be induced directly from them. Learning physics requires an examination of the ideas of scientifically constructed theoretical frameworks, explaining coherently organized physics concepts. This research examined student teachers' physics knowledge in…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Scientific Literacy, Physics, Knowledge Level
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Esendemir, Ozan; Bindak, Recep – International Journal of Educational Methodology, 2019
"Mathematical knowledge for teaching" is a concept indicating the requirement for a specific kind of knowledge required to teach mathematics. Mathematical knowledge for teaching necessitates a more complex structure than what is required to carry out mathematical tasks and the knowledge to do that. The purpose of this study is to realize…
Descriptors: Knowledge Base for Teaching, Mathematics Instruction, Knowledge Level, Geometry
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Özdemir, Atilla; Sisman, Emine Pehlivan; Büyükkarci, Kagan – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2021
This article is a scale development study aimed at developing valid and reliable scales to understand English language teachers' knowledge about and attitudes towards plurilingualism and interculturalism. It is a descriptive survey model of quantitative research. During the scale development phase, literature review was conducted to develop the…
Descriptors: Validity, Reliability, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning
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Cevik, Ebru Ezberci; Kurnaz, Mehmet Altan – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
The purpose of this study is to reveal preservice science teachers' perceptions related to the sun, star, comet and constellation concepts. The research was carried out by 56 preservice science teachers (4th grade) at Kastamonu University taking astronomy course in 2014-2015 academic year. For data collection open-ended questions that required…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Scientific Concepts, Scientific Literacy
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Wyatt, Mark; Dikilitas, Kenan – Educational Action Research, 2016
While it is generally recognized that teacher research can be a very beneficial form of continuing professional development (CPD), there is still relatively limited research available on the impact this activity has on teachers' self-efficacy beliefs, which are of interest to educational psychologists because, while being open to constant change,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), College Faculty
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Aydeniz, Mehmet; Bilican, Kader; Kirbulut, Zubeyde Demet – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2017
The purpose of this study was to explore Pre-service Elementary Science Teachers' (PSTs) conceptual understanding of Particulate Nature of Matter (PNM) through a three-tier diagnostic test. Participants were 215 PSTs from Turkey. Data consisted of participants' responses to the Particulate Nature of Matter Test (PNMT). The PNMT consists of…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Scientific Literacy
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Karagöz-Akar, Gülseren – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2016
This study investigated the relationship between prospective secondary mathematics teachers' perspectives and their mathematical knowledge for teaching in action. Data from two prospective teachers' practice-teachings, one in geometry and one in algebra, their lesson plans and self-reflections were analyzed with Teacher Perspectives and Knowledge…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Student Attitudes
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Gürel, Cem; Süzük, Erol – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2017
This study investigates the quality of argumentation developed by a group of pre-service physics teachers' (PSPT) as an indicator of subject matter knowledge on model rocketry physics. The structure of arguments and scientific credibility model was used as a design framework in the study. The inquiry of model rocketry physics was employed in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Persuasive Discourse, Space Sciences
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Tataroglu Tasdan, Berna; Erduran, Ayten; Çelik, Adem – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
The purpose of this study was to examine pre-service teachers' teaching practice in terms of providing suitable conditions for developing students' mathematical thinking in the frame of the Advancing Children's Thinking framework. In the study, Advancing Children's Thinking framework developed by Fraivillig et al. was adopted as theoretical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Logic, Thinking Skills
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Aydin, Ganime – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2016
Problem Statement: As a result of wars, starvation, traffic accidents, homicide, infectious diseases, insufficient adult protection, migration, and inadequate legal reforms the mortality rate of children has become a serious problem in the world. Protective health education contributes to a child's physical and social health. In this case, the…
Descriptors: Health Education, Instructional Materials, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Preservice Teachers
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Karabay, Aysegül; Kusdemir Kayiran, Bilge; Isik, Dilek – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2015
Problem Statement: Teachers have important roles in teaching critical reading skills that already exist in the curriculum. Teachers themselves should have critical reading skills and be able to identify them so as to be able to teach these skills to their students. Therefore, it becomes necessary to determine the extent to which pre-service…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Critical Reading, Self Efficacy
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