A4 Refereed article in a conference publication
Prospective class teachers’ attitude profiles towards learning and teaching mathematics
Authors: Tomi Kärki, Harry Silfverberg
Editors: E. Norén, H. Palmér, A. Cooke
Conference name: Nordic Conference on Research in Mathematics Education
Publishing place: Göteborg
Publication year: 2018
Journal: Skrifter från Svensk förening för matematikdidaktisk forskning
Book title : Nordic Research in Mathematics Education. Papers of NORMA 17: The Eighth Nordic Conference on Mathematics Education, Stockholm, May 30-June 2, 2017
Series title: Skrifter från Svensk Förening för MatematikDidaktisk Forskning
Number in series: 12
First page : 189
Last page: 198
ISBN: 978-91-984024-1-4
ISSN: 1651-3274
Web address : http://matematikdidaktik.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/NORMA-17-2018-papers-SMDF-skriftserie.pdf
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/37283338
In our study, we measured prospective class teachers’ (n = 175) attitudes, on one hand, towards learning mathematics and, on the other hand, towards teaching mathematics. We used a questionnaire called ALM (Attitudes toward Learning Mathematics) developed by Wong and Chen (2012), and we constructed another questionnaire called ATM (Attitudes toward Teaching Mathematics) by modifying the items of ALM to focus on teaching instead of learning. Prospectiveteachers’ attitude profiles towards learning and teaching mathematics were compared with each other. In general, their attitudes were quite positive, and the attitudes towards teaching were more positive than towards learning. Component-wise differences between ALM and ATM were found.We also compared attitude profiles between two class teacher programs. Prospective teacher’sattitudes in a program with emphasis on mathematics and natural sciences were more positive than in a non-mathematically-focused program.
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