摘要:In this research, it has been intended to describe pre-service elementary teachers’
arithmetical operation skills by handling in learning environments. Case study method was accepted
in the research. 80 pre-service elementary teachers studying at a state university in Turkey
constituted the study group. The data were obtained through asking four questions to pre-service
teachers and collecting answers in written. When analyzing the data, the error types of pre-service
teachers were determined, and the interviews were analyzed through content analysis. It has been
pointed out that the pre-service teachers make frequent errors in arithmetical operation process as a
conclusion of the research. These errors intensify in multiplication and division. As a matter of fact,
it has been figured out that there were some pre-service teachers who did not make any operations
in multiplication and division. In the interviews, the pre-service teachers grounded their errors upon
elementary education. They stated that they made continuous errors as they did not have a good
elementary education and they did simple errors depending on four operations in university entrance
exam. Once again, two pre-service teachers who did not make any errors grounded this upon good
elementary and middle school education.
关键词:Arithmetic; Four operations; Pre;service teacher