Share Paper: Teacher Trainees' Self-Efficacy Beliefs about Mathematical Literacy: Turkey Case

  1. Recai Akkaya, Abant Izzet Baysal University, United States
  2. Dilek Sezgin Memnun, Georgia State University, United States
  3. Yasemin Katranci, Kocaeli University, Turkey
Tuesday, March 6 10:15-10:45 AM Capitol H

Abstract: The aim of this study is to investigate the self-efficacy beliefs about mathematical literacy of mathematics and elementary school teacher trainees. In this research, the self-efficacy beliefs of teacher trainees about the mathematical literacy and the variation of self-efficacy beliefs of teacher trainees according to their gender and to the education field they study in have been determined. For this purpose, Self-Efficacy Scale about Mathematical Literacy was applied to the teacher trainees, where 187 of them were studying in mathematics and 162 of them in elementary school teacher departments. In conclusion, it has been found out that majority of teacher ...