Determining the Problem Solving Skills of Primary School Mathematics Teachers

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Title

Determining the Problem Solving Skills of Primary School Mathematics Teachers

Author

GÜLER, Gürsel
ÇİLTAS, Alper
KAR, Tuğrul

Abstract

The aim of the present study is to determine the problem solving skills of freshmen students studying in the department of primary school mathematics education. The research sample of the study is composed of 182 freshmen students from the Department of Elementary Mathematics Teaching in Erzurum Ataturk University. The “Problem Solving Inventory” (PSI) prepared by Heppner and Petersen (1982) was used as a means of collecting data. Findings obtained as a result of the present research determined an intermediate problem solving capacity among freshmen education majors.

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Date

2010-06

Extent

701

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