Mathematics Anxiety and Beliefs of Turkish Pre-service Elementary Teachers

Figen Uysal; Yüksel Dede

doi:10.12973/eurasia.2016.1418a

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Figen Uysal ¹ ^* , Yüksel Dede ²

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¹ Bilecik Seyh Edebali University, TURKEY² Gazi University, TURKEY^* Corresponding Author

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between pre-service elementary teachers’ mathematics teaching beliefs and mathematics anxiety. The participants of the study consist of 96 pre-service elementary teachers from a department of primary education in a state university in Turkey during the 2010-2011 spring term. Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale: Short Version and Beliefs about Teaching Mathematics Scale were used as the measuring instruments. The results reveal that pre-service elementary teachers’ scores on beliefs about teaching mathematics were high whereas mathematics anxiety levels were low in general. The correlations between the sub-scales of the MARS-SV and child-centeredness beliefs are not significant at the 0.05 level. As a result, some recommendations concerning the situation and future research were made.

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mathematics anxiety
mathematics teaching beliefs
pre-service elementary teachers

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, 2016, Volume 12, Issue 8, 2171-2186

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Uysal, F., & Dede, Y. (2016). Mathematics Anxiety and Beliefs of Turkish Pre-service Elementary Teachers. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 12(8), 2171-2186. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2016.1418a

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Uysal F, Dede Y. Mathematics Anxiety and Beliefs of Turkish Pre-service Elementary Teachers. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2016;12(8):2171-86. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2016.1418a

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Uysal F, Dede Y. Mathematics Anxiety and Beliefs of Turkish Pre-service Elementary Teachers. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2016;12(8), 2171-2186. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2016.1418a

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Uysal, Figen, and Yüksel Dede. "Mathematics Anxiety and Beliefs of Turkish Pre-service Elementary Teachers". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2016 12 no. 8 (2016): 2171-2186. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2016.1418a

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Uysal, F., and Dede, Y. (2016). Mathematics Anxiety and Beliefs of Turkish Pre-service Elementary Teachers. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 12(8), pp. 2171-2186. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2016.1418a

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Uysal, Figen et al. "Mathematics Anxiety and Beliefs of Turkish Pre-service Elementary Teachers". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 12, no. 8, 2016, pp. 2171-2186. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2016.1418a