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ERIC Number: EJ1206486
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 14
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ISSN: EISSN-2469-9632
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Pre-Service Teachers' Problem Solving Skills and Curiosity Levels
Aldan Karademir, Cigdem
International Journal of Educational Methodology, v5 n1 p151-164 2019
The aim of the study is to examine the pre-service teachers' problem solving skills and curiosity levels according to different variables and to determine whether there is a relationship between them. The research was designed as a descriptive study in the survey model. The sample of the study consists of 1st and 4th grade pre-service teachers in the departments of German, Science, English, Mathematics, Music, Pre-school, Painting, English, Mathematics, Turkish Language Teaching at a university in Turkey. "Curiosity Scale" adapted into Turkish by Demirel and Diker Coskun, "Problem Solving Inventory" adapted into Turkish by Sahin, Sahin and Heppner and "Personal Information Form" prepared by the researcher were used as data collection tools. In the analysis of the data obtained, SPSS-Windows 22.00 package program was used and descriptive statistics and parametric tests were applied in accordance with the sub-problems of the study. In addition, a correlation analysis was conducted to determine whether there was a relationship between pre-service teachers' problem solving skills and curiosity levels. Based on the findings, suggestions about the problem solving skills and curiosity levels of the prospective teachers were presented. [This study was presented at the 2nd International Symposium on Philosophy, Education, Arts and History of Science (3-7 May 2017) in Mugla Sitki Kocman University, Mugla, Turkey.]
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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