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Investigation of the Relationship Between Inquisitive Thinking Skills and Problem-Solving Skills of Pre-Service Teachers: The Mediating Effect of Motivation Level   
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Doç. Dr. Erkan YANARATEŞ Doç. Dr. Erkan YANARATEŞ
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Adem YILMAZ Doç. Dr. Adem YILMAZ
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
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Özet
This study, in which motivation level acts as a mediating variable, aims to examine the relationship between pre-service teachers' inquisitive thinking skills and problem-solving skills. In this context, the survey method, one of the quantitative research methods, was employed. A total of 205 teacher candidates studying in varying departments of a state university in Turkey and at different grade levels participated in the research. The study group was determined using the random sampling method. In addition, gender, grade level, motivation level, and mentality level were also examined as sub-variables. Research data were collected online via" Google Forms". As data collection tools;" Inquiry Skills Scale" prepared by Aldan-Karademir and Saracaloglu (2013),-Sahin et al.(1993) adapted into Turkish-" Problem-Solving Inventory" prepared by Heppner (1988)" Teacher Motivation Scale" prepared by Kilic and Yilmaz (2019) were used. Within the scope of the research, independent samples t-test was used to analyze two-category variables such as gender and cognitive level. The one-way ANOVA test was adopted to analyze variables with three or more categories, such as grade level, department, and motivation level. Hayes's (2018) regression model number 4 was used to examine the mediating effect of the motivation variable. SPSS 25 statistical program and Process Macro plugin were used to analyze the data. As a result of the research, no significant difference in any scale in terms of gender variable exists. There is a significant difference in all scales regarding a grade-level variable though. According to the department variable, a significant …
Anahtar Kelimeler
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü Diğer hakemli uluslarası dergilerde yayınlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı International Journal of Education Technology and Scientific Researches
Dergi ISSN 2587-0238
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler Education Full Text (H. W. Wilson) Database Covarage List
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 03-2022
Cilt No 7
Sayı 17
Sayfalar 158 / 191
Doi Numarası 10.35826/ijetsar.445
Makale Linki http://dx.doi.org/10.35826/ijetsar.445