期刊名称:International Journal of Social Sciences and Education Research
电子版ISSN:2149-5939
出版年度:2015
卷号:1,2
页码:399-410
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出版社:Mahmut Demir
摘要:This study was conducted in an effort to identify primary school pre-service mathematics teachers’ errors and deficiencies in dealing with mathematics-related problem solving and to offer solutions and recommendations pertaining to this issue. Case study approach which is the one of the qualitative research methods was used in this study. To achieve the above aim, in the 2014-2015 academic year, this study consist of first year pre-service mathematics teachers who are enrolled in Artvin Çoruh University Education Faculty of Mathematics Education Department. An open-ended question form including six questions was developed by the researchers of the study in order to collect required data. According to participants’ accounts, their errors and deficiencies in dealing with problem solving process that could be classified as having both personal and environmental issues was revealed through the qualitative analysis of the data. It was determined that personal issues are more effective than environmental issues. This study classified the reasons behind participants’ mistakes and deficiencies in dealing with mathematics-related problem solving as an either personal issues which are mainly related to psychological, lack of content knowledge and operational skills, and environmental issues which are related to institutional and other. This study presented some recommendations for the researchers who will study on this relevant field.