Pre-service Teachers Performance in Their University Coursework and Mathematical Self Efficacy Beliefs What is the Role of Gender and Year in Program

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2005-01-01

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Işıksal Bostan, Mine

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This study investigates the effects of gender and year in program on the performance and mathematical selfefficacy beliefs of 145 pre-service mathematics teachers in Turkey. One of the main purposes of this study is to investigate how duration in a teacher education program influenced the performance and mathematical selfefficacy beliefs of pre-service teachers. In addition, gender differences between male and female pre-service mathematics teachers, depending upon year in program, are examined. Results revealed that there were significant statistical effects of gender and year in program on both pre-service teachers’ performance and selfefficacy scores. Female pre-service teachers scored significantly higher than males on performance, but no significant difference was detected between female and male pre-service teachers with respect to mathematics self-efficacy scores. Senior pre-service teachers had the highest scores compared to other students in the program on bother performance and mathematics self-efficacy scores. Although the present study is small, the results tentatively suggest a further investigation of the relationship between performance and self-efficacy beliefs might be fruitful. Studying how mathematical self-efficacy develops across school years and what factors facilitate its development could yield valuable implications for the field of mathematic education.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/78098
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The Mathematics Educator

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Department of Mathematics and Science Education, Article

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M. Işıksal Bostan, “Pre-service Teachers Performance in Their University Coursework and Mathematical Self Efficacy Beliefs What is the Role of Gender and Year in Program,” The Mathematics Educator, pp. 8–16, 2005, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/78098.