Investigation of the Relationship Between Spatial Habits of Mind and Visual Literacy Competences through Structural Equation Model

In this study, it is aimed to determine the spatial habits of the mind of mathematics teachers and to examine these habits in the context of teachers' brain dominance. The quantitative research method and the relational survey model were used within the scope of this method. The participants of the study consist of 124 mathematics teachers. The spatial habits of the mind scale and the brain dominance inventory were used as data collection tools. Since the data showed normal distribution, parametric tests were used. Descriptive statistics, independent samples t-test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) were applied. It has been observed that the spatial habits of the mind of the mathematics teachers are at a high level and the majority of them tend to use the left brain. While the scores of spatial habits of mind, visualization and spatial concept usage sub-dimensions differed according to brain dominance levels, it was determined that they did not differ in terms of both sub-dimensions and total scores according to the brain dominance group. While the scores of mathematics teachers on spatial habits of mind differed according to the type of faculty graduated, years of study, taking geometry courses during undergraduate/graduate education, it did not differ according to gender and postgraduate education status.

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A Research about Mathematical Visualization Perceptions of Mathematics Teacher Candidates in Terms of Some Variables

İlhan

Tutak

2021

Journal of Computer and Education Research

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This study was conducted to examine mathematical visualization perceptions of mathematics teacher candidates in terms of gender, grade level, and parental educational status. Survey model was used. The population of the research consisted of mathematics teacher candidates who studied at the faculty of education of a university in the Southeastern Anatolia part of Turkey. The sample of the study consisted of 231 mathematics teacher candidates (159 Female, 72 Male) chosen by simple random sampling method from this population. In the study, Mathematical Visualization Perception Scale was used for getting data. The data were analyzed using SPSS. The descriptive analysis, study variable; average, percentage, and standard deviation were used. In addition, unpaired t-test for analyzing variation about gender variable, ANOVA, and LSD tests were preferred for analyzing variation about grade level and parental education status. As a result of the study findings, it was determined that the level of mathematical visualization perceptions of mathematics teacher candidates was no significant difference in terms of gender, but it was a significant difference in terms of grade level. Furthermore, math visualization perception level significantly differed according to parental education status.

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Investigation of the Relationship Between Spatial Habits of Mind and Visual Literacy Competences through Structural Equation Model

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Investigation of Mathematics Teachers' Spatial Habits of Mind in the Context of Brain Dominance Status

A Research about Mathematical Visualization Perceptions of Mathematics Teacher Candidates in Terms of Some Variables

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