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ERIC Number: EJ1186395
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-1925-0746
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Correlation between Thinking Styles and Teaching Styles of Prospective Mathematics Teachers
Apaydin, Beyza Balamir; Cenberci, Selin
World Journal of Education, v8 n4 p36-46 2018
Increasing the quality of education is based on changes thinking and teaching styles. Considering variance of thinking styles and teaching styles person to person, identifying thinking styles and teaching styles of prospective mathematics teachers is very important. So, the aim of this study is to determine the correlation between thinking and teaching styles of prospective mathematics teachers and to examine thinking styles and teaching styles of the prospective mathematics teachers by considering some demographic characteristics. The sample of the research consisted of 80 prospective mathematics teachers who studied at the Mathematics Education Department of Ahmet Kelesoglu Education Faculty at Necmettin Erbakan University. Relational screening model was used in analysis of the data. "Thinking Styles Scale" which was developed by Sternberg and Wagner (1992) and adapted to Turkish by Bulus (2006) and "Teaching Style Inventory" developed by Grasha (1994) and adapted to Turkish by Uredi (2006) were used as data collection tool in the research. According to the conclusion of the research, a positive moderate correlation was found between thinking styles and teaching styles of prospective mathematics teachers.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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