ERIC Number: EJ1274519
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Oct
Pages: 7
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Examination of the Relationships between Gender, Mathematics Achievement and STEM Activity Preparation Skills of Prospective Teachers with a Structural Equation Model
Sümen, Özlem Özçakir
African Educational Research Journal, v8 n4 p784-790 Oct 2020
This study investigated the relationships between prospective teachers' STEM activity preparation skills (STEMaps), genders, and mathematics achievements (MA). In the research, a total of 89 prospective elementary school teachers participated. Data were collected by STEM Activity Preparation Forms requiring prospective teachers to prepare STEM activities about science experiments at the elementary school level. Relational screening model was used in the research and the relationships between STEMaps, gender and MA were tested using structural equation modeling. The findings indicated that MA has significant effects on STEMaps whereas gender has no significant effects. The path from MA to STEMaps was found to be a medium effect. It was also concluded that MA explains 20.25% of total variance of STEMaps. More longitudinal and experimental studies are needed to better understand the teachers' and prospective teachers' skills to prepare STEM activities.
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Mathematics Achievement, STEM Education, Preservice Teachers, Structural Equation Models, Teaching Skills, Elementary School Teachers, Science Activities, Foreign Countries, Planning
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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