ADAY MATEMATİK ÖĞRETMENLERİNİN UZAMSAL YETENEK ÖZ–DEĞERLENDİRME DÜZEYLERİ

Abstract

PRESERVICE MATHEMATICS TEACHERS’ SELF–REPORT LEVELS ON SPATIAL ABILITY

The aim of this research is to explore preservice mathematics teachers’ self-report levels on spatial ability, and the effects of gender, age and preschool education on self-report levels. This research is a quantitative study that purposes to compare sub-groups of the participants, who are preservice mathematics teachers enrolled to a government university’s faculty of education. A total of 165 preservice mathematics teachers with 130 females and 35 males participated in the study. The data were collected through spatial ability self-report scale. In order to analyse the data, descriptive statistics, Kolmogorov-Smirnov normality analysis, independent samples t-test, one-way analysis of variance, Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis tests were used. According to results, preservice mathematics teachers’ self-report levels on spatial ability were high and there was not any effect of gender on self-report levels of spatial ability. However, there was a significant effect of preschool education of a certain part of the scale.

Keywords: Spatial ability, preservice mathematics teacher, self-report level.

ÖZET

Bu araştırmanın amacı, aday matematik öğretmenlerinin uzamsal yetenek öz-değerlendirme düzeylerini ve cinsiyetin, yaşın ve okul öncesi eğitimin öz-değerlendirme düzeyleri üzerindeki etkisini incelemektir. Nicel türdeki nedensel-karşılaştırmalı olarak ele alınan araştırmanın çalışma grubunu, bir devlet üniversitesinin eğitim fakültesinde öğrenim gören, toplamda 165 olmak üzere, 130 kadın ve 35 erkek aday matematik öğretmenidir. Veriler uzamsal yetenek öz-değerlendirme ölçeği aracılığı ile toplanmıştır. Verilerin analizinde, betimsel istatistik, Kolmogorov-Smirnov analizi, ilişkisiz örneklemler t-testi, tek yönlü varyans analizi, Mann-Whitney U testi ve Kruskal Wallis testi kullanılmıştır. Elde edilen sonuçlara göre, aday matematik öğretmenlerinin uzamsal yetenek öz-değerlendirme düzeylerinin yüksek düzeyde olduğu ve cinsiyetin uzamsal öz-değerlendirme puanları üzerinde bir etkisi olmadığı görülmüştür. Ayrıca, ölçeğin görsel hafıza bölümünün, yaşa ve okul öncesi eğitime göre farklılaştığı görülmüştür.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Uzamsal yetenek, aday matematik öğretmeni, öz-değerlendirme düzeyi.

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