An Investigation of Pre-Service Mathematics Teachers’ Views and Reflections about Elementary Mathematics Classes’ Instruction Issues

• Main Authors: Sümeyra DOĞAN, Mine IŞIKSAL, Yusuf KOÇ
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Gaziantep University 2013-12-01
• Series: Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences
• Subjects: Pre-service Mathematics Teacher; Mathematics Instruction; Matematik Öğretmen Adayı; Matematik Öğretimi
• Online Access: http://dergipark.gov.tr/jss/issue/24231/256861?publisher=gantep

The purpose of this study was to investigate the nature of changes in pre-service mathematics teachers’ views and reflections about instructional issues in elementary mathematics classes as they progress in teacher education program. For this aim, 19 preservice mathematics teachers, making their observations in their cooperating schools for 3 months, wrote and submitted their reports. The reports were analyzed via content analysis. The results indicated that although there was commonality in the views and reflections of pre-service mathematics teachers’ about instructional issues in elementary mathematics classes, there were differences in their knowledge in the way they perceive instruction as they progressed through their education