Virtual or Physical: In-Service and Pre-Service Teacher's Beliefs and Preferences on Manipulatives

Autor/in	Akkan, Yasar
Titel	Virtual or Physical: In-Service and Pre-Service Teacher's Beliefs and Preferences on Manipulatives
Quelle	In: Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 13 (2012) 4, S.167-192 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1302-6488
Schlagwörter	Preschool Education; Mathematics Curriculum; Teacher Attitudes; Mathematics Education; Foreign Countries; Mathematics Teachers; Preservice Teachers; Comparative Analysis; Interviews; Rating Scales; Manipulative Materials; Theory Practice Relationship; Measures (Individuals); Elementary Secondary Education; Computer Uses in Education; Computer Assisted Instruction; Positive Attitudes; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Lehrerverhalten; Mathematische Bildung; Ausland; Mathematics; Teacher; Teachers; Mathematik; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Rating-Skala; Hilfsmittel; Theorie-Praxis-Beziehung; Messdaten; Computernutzung; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Türkei
Abstract	Although the use of physical manipulatives, which have been emphasized to use in preschool education program and primary and secondary mathematics curriculum, in classroom environments is old, it is very new to use virtual manipulatives in classroom environments. The selection, preparation, and the integration to learning environments of both types of manipulatives are the most basic duties of teachers. However, the experiences, of using the physical and virtual manipulatives in course environments, of teachers and pre-service teachers are influenced by beliefs about the nature, teaching and learning of mathematics. The aim of this study is to determine and compare the beliefs of teachers and pre-service teachers in different branches for the use of virtual and physical manipulatives in mathematics education. For this purpose, 148 teachers, in the provinces of Trabzon, Kars and Gumushane, and 228 pre-service teachers, in the Education Faculties of Karadeniz Technical University and Kafkas University, have been applied two types of scales and interviews have been conducted with 40 teachers and pre-service teachers selected from that sample. Frequencies, percentages and arithmetic averages have been used to analyze the data. As a result, the majority of teachers and pre-service teachers have been identified to carry positive beliefs for the use of virtual and physical manipulatives in mathematics education and they have expressed that they desire to use both types of manipulatives more in the future. (Contains 6 tables and 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10