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Copyright Bartin University, Faculty of Education Feb 2017

Abstract

Examples are one of the important tools used in mathematics teaching. However, there isn't any research which grasps how preservice teachers perceive the mathematical examples or what they think about the purpose of examples which were given by teachers or students. Conception of preservice teachers on examples can give clues about the use of examples in their future profession. To reveal the opinions of preservice teachers whether examples can be generated by students, is important to ensure that teacher training programs place emphasize on this issue. So, the purpose of the study is to investigate the preservice teachers' conception of different kinds of mathematical examples and examples given by teachers or generated by students with metaphor analysis. Participants of the study consist of 190 preservice mathematics teachers. Data collection tool is included four uncompleted sentences in the form: "Visual examples in mathematics are like..., becaus..."; "algebraic examples in mathematics are like..., because..."; "Examples given by teacher in mathematics are like..., because......"; "Examples given by students in mathematics are like..., because...". Participants are asked to complete these sentences. Obtained data were analyzed by using content analysis. To ensure the reliability of the data interviews were conducted with 11 of participants, so classification and thematization of metaphors were checked. In addition, through the interviews in-depth information was obtained on perceptions of preservice teachers with respect to mathematical examples.

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Title
Ögretmen Adaylarinin Matematiksel Örnekleri Algilayislari Üzerine Bir Metafor Analizi/A Metaphor Analysis on Preservice Teachers' Conception of Mathematical Examples
Author
Kaya, Yasemin Saglam
Pages
48-67
Publication year
2017
Publication date
Feb 2017
Publisher
Bartin University, Faculty of Education
e-ISSN
13087177
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Turkish
ProQuest document ID
1874390482
Copyright
Copyright Bartin University, Faculty of Education Feb 2017