Examining the Pre-Service Primary School Teachers' Beliefs about Mathematics Anxiety and Problem Solving

Abstract

This research was carried out in order to determine whether there is a significant relationship between the mathematics anxiety experienced by primary school teacher candidates and their beliefs about problem-solving, and it was carried out in the relational survey model. The population of this research consists of primary school teacher candidates studying in the 3rd and 4th grades in education faculties. The sample was obtained using by purposive sampling method and primary school teacher candidates studying in the 3rd and 4th grades of MCBÜ, Faculty of Education. In the research, ' MKÖ-Ö’' and ' M-PÇİÖ ' were applied. SPSS package program was used in the analysis of the obtained data. As a result of the findings, there was a relationship between math anxiety and gender, but no significant relationship was found between age and class variables, and it was concluded that there was a significant relationship between (MKÖ-Ö) (M-PÇİÖ) subscales.