Analysis of the Problems Posed by Pre-Service Primary School Teachers in Terms of Type, Cognitive Structure and Content Knowledge
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Doç. Dr. Mehmet Koray SERİN Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Açık Erişim Özgün Makale (Diğer hakemli uluslarası dergilerde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı International Journal of Educational Methodology
Dergi ISSN 2469-9632 Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler Journals Indexed in Eric
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 11-2019
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 5 / 4 / 577–590 DOI 10.12973/ijem.5.4.577
Makale Linki https://ijem.com/analysis-of-the-problems-posed-by-pre-service-primary-school-teachers-in-terms-of-type-cognitive-structure-and-content-knowledge
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In the current study, the problems posed by pre-service primary school teachers within the context of semi-structured problem formation were analyzed according to their type, cognitive structure, and content knowledge. A total of 134 pre-service primary school teachers attending a state university in Turkey participated in the current study designed in line with the case study design. The pre-service teachers were presented with a table and they were asked to establish a problem suitable for the elementary level using the data given in the table. The data were collected through the established problem statements and written explanations of the participants. The collected data were analyzed by using both content and descriptive analyses. The findings have revealed that the pre-service teachers less preferred real-life problems than routine type of problems and the problems at the level of reasoning than the problems at the levels of knowing and applying. Moreover, nearly half of the pre-service teachers erroneously expressed the grade level for which they established their problem. The results have shown that the pre-service teachers do not adequately use real-life problems and problems at the level of reasoning and that there are deficiencies in their mathematical content knowledge depending on their knowledge of the curriculum.
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cognitive structure | content knowledge | pre-service primary school teachers | problem types | Problem-posing