An investigation of pre-service elementary mathematics teachers’ views and reflections about elementary mathematics classes based on their observations in school experience courses

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the nature of changes in preservice elementary mathematics teachers’ views and reflections about elementary mathematics classes based on their observations in School Experience I and School Experience II courses. Specifically, this study investigated pre-service elementary mathematics teachers’ views and reflections about instruction, assessment, and classroom management issues in elementary mathematics classes based on their observations in School Experience I and School Experience II courses. The sample consisted of 19 pre-service elementary mathematics teachers from a teacher education program at Middle East Technical University (METU). Pre-service elementary mathematics teachers involved in this study made their observations in their cooperating schools for 3 months during the spring semester of 2004-2005 academic year and the fall semester of 2007-2008 academic year. The data were collected by means of their School Experience I and School Experience II course reports. The results indicated that although there was commonality in the views and reflections of pre-service elementary mathematics teachers’ about instruction, assessment, and classroom management issues in elementary mathematics classes, there were differences in their knowledge in the way they perceive instruction, assessment, and classroom management as they progressed through their education. In other words, when School Experience I course reports were compared with School Experience II course reports, pre-service teachers perceived the mathematics instruction as more student-centered and they gave more importance to the alternative assessment strategies in their School Experience II course reports. Furthermore, they defended more positive classroom management methods in their School Experience II course reports.
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http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12610673/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/18561
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S. Doğan, “An investigation of pre-service elementary mathematics teachers’ views and reflections about elementary mathematics classes based on their observations in school experience courses,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2009.
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