ARSLAN, Ali BEÜ - Ereğli Eğitim Fakültesi, Turkey , USTA, Fatime Kayabaşı Alemdar İÖO, Turkey , ŞAHİNER, Sadettin Kayabaşı Alemdar İÖO, Turkey

THE PREDICTIVE POWER OF PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS’ LEARNING STRATEGIES ON THE BELIEF THAT LEARNING DEPENDS ON EFFORT

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The purpose of the study was to reveal the predictive power of prospective teachers’ learning strategies on the belief that learning depends on effort (BLDE) in terms of their gender and department. The data of the study was collected from 321 prospective teachers studying in Zonguldak Karaelmas University,(Bülent Ecevit University) Ereğli Education Faculty in 2009-2010 academic year. Instruments were “scale of epistemological belief” and “scale of cognitive learning strategies”. It was a correlational study from descriptive studies. While epistemological belief constitues beliefs that learning depends on effort (BLDE), learning depends on ability (BLDA) and belief that true is one (BTO); learning starategies was application, memory, analysis, summarizing, repetition, explanation stratejgies. Analysis methods of data Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient and stepwise regression analysis method. It is observed that using the application, memory and analysis strategies, predict 95% of BLDE scores. Applicatİon strategies have become the strongest predictor of BLDE scores. (67%). While the strongest predictor of men prospective teachers’ BLDE is application strategy, the strongest predictor of women prospective teachers’ BLDE is memory strategy. Again, application strategies was strongest predictor of prospective teachers in all departments.

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Prospective Teachers , Learning Strategies , Epistemological Belief

Mustafa Kemal University Journal Of Graduate School Of Social Sciences

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