ERIC Number: ED623872
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 8
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Pre-Service Teachers' Re-Constructed Geometry Disposition Scale: A Validity and Reliability Study in the Ghanaian Context
Baidoo, Stephen Rowland; Reaburn, Robyn; Oates, Greg
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA) (44th, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, Jul 3-7, 2022)
This study reports on the development, validation, and reliability of a geometry disposition scale (GDS) to measure pre-service teachers' (PSTs') attitudes to geometry learning. PSTs from two Colleges of Education (CoEs) in Ghana volunteered to participate in the study (N = 153). A principal component analysis (PCA) extracted four factors: deep affect (positivity expressed towards geometry learning), working privately, collaborative working and technology or calculator use. The final GDS contained 15 items. While validation is still not fully tested, the psychometric properties to-date suggest the GDS has promising benefits in measuring PSTs' attitudes to geometry learning, which may enable the adjustment of the teaching of geometry accordingly.
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Geometry, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Factor Analysis, Learning Processes, Teacher Education Programs, Measures (Individuals), Validity, Reliability, Calculators, Educational Technology, Cooperative Learning, Independent Study, Mathematics Education, Computer Software, Computer Mediated Communication, Likert Scales
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Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA)
Identifiers - Location: Ghana
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