Author/Authors :
ÖNER, Abdulkadir Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi - İlköğretim Bölümü, Matematik Eğitimi A B D, Turkey , ERTEKİN, Erhan Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi - İlköğretim Bölümü, Matematik Eğitimi A B D, Turkey
Title Of Article :
Preservice Elementary Mathematics Teachers’ Concept Images Related to the Period Concept
Abstract :
This study has been conducted to investigate preservice elementary mathematics teachers’ concept images related to the period concept. The sample consists of 58 freshmen preservice elementary mathematics teachers who were registered to a Turkish state university in 2011-2012 academic year. This study is a case study and qualitative in nature. A questionnaire (Period Test,PT) designed by the researcher was applied to investigate preservice teachers’ period images. After collecting data through PT and semi-structured interviews done with some participants who were selected according to maximum variation sampling, content analysis was examined to investigate period images in the spotlight of Tall and Vinner’s (1981) concept image–concept definition theory. “Regularly repeated events”, “the time between two repeats” and “the distance between two repeats” are common period images.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Concept definition , Concept image , Period
JournalTitle :
Gazi University Journal Of Gazi Educational Faculty
