Middle-level preservice mathematics teachers’ mental representations of classroom floor plans

Exploring Pre-Service Elementary Teachers’ Mental Models of the Environment

“…Therefore, drawings are usable with adults, as well as children, to explore both conscious and unconscious thoughts, experiences, and emotions. Several researches have also been done related to pre-and in-service teachers' mental models about "science teaching" (Minogue, 2010;Tatar, Yildiz Feyzioglu, Buldur, & Akpinar, 2012;Subramaniam, 2013;Ucar, 2012;Wilke & Losh, 2012), "specific scientific issues" (Chiou & Anderson, 2010;Heywood, Parker & Rowlands, 2013) "technology" (Krauskopf, Zahn & Hesse, 2012;Zhang & Xu, 2011), "ideal teacher" (Mensah, 2011), "environment" (Desjean-Perrotta, Moseley, & Cantu, 2008;Moseley et al, 2010), and "classroom structure" (Matteson, Ganesh, Coward, & Patrick, 2012).…”