AN INVESTIGATION OF TEACHER CANDIDATES’ EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE SELECTION AND VALUATION PROCESS FROM EXPERT PERSPECTIVE

In this research study, the experts’ opinions about the compatibility detailed criteria that was created by teacher candidates with the related main criteria that was presented to them were investigated. The methodology of study was a case study and the data consisted of experts’ evaluation about the detailed criteria create, observation, and open-ended questionnaire results. The participants, selected through purposive sampling strategy, consisted of 64 teacher candidates from Mathematics Education and Science Education departments at Mersin University and three field experts. According to the study results, the experts found that about 50% (%43 for Mathematics; 44% for Science) of detailed criteria created by the teacher candidates were unrelated to the attributed main criteria.