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International Journal of Progressive Education 2015, Vol. 11(3) 90-105
Analysis of the Relationship between Estimation Skills Based on Calculation and Number Sense of Prospective Classroom Teachers
pp. 90 - 105
Publish Date: October 15, 2015 | Single/Total View: 100/432 | Single/Total Download: 146/706
Abstract
The aim of this study are to examine the relationship between prospective classroom teachers' estimation skills based on calculation and their number sense and to investigate whether their number sense and estimation skills change according to their class level and gender. The participants of the study are 125 prospective classroom teachers studying at faculty of education, department of classroom teaching, in a state university in Turkey. The findings of the study revealed that prospective teachers have a low level of scores in terms of number sense and estimation skills, the scores do not change according to gender but there is a statistically significant difference in terms of their grade levels in number sense test. Additionally, it wasn't indicated that there is a statistically significant difference between prospective teachers' number sense and estimation skills scores.
Keywords: number sense, estimation skills, classroom teachers
APA 7th edition
Senol, A., Dundar, S., & Gunduz, N. (2015). Analysis of the Relationship between Estimation Skills Based on Calculation and Number Sense of Prospective Classroom Teachers. International Journal of Progressive Education, 11(3), 90-105.
Harvard
Senol, A., Dundar, S. and Gunduz, N. (2015). Analysis of the Relationship between Estimation Skills Based on Calculation and Number Sense of Prospective Classroom Teachers. International Journal of Progressive Education, 11(3), pp. 90-105.
Chicago 16th edition
Senol, Ali, Sefa Dundar and Nazan Gunduz (2015). "Analysis of the Relationship between Estimation Skills Based on Calculation and Number Sense of Prospective Classroom Teachers". International Journal of Progressive Education 11 (3):90-105.
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