Awareness of Preservice Mathematics Teachers about Prehistoric and Ancient Number Systems

Autor/inn/en	Mersin, Nazan; Karabörk, Mehmet Akif; Durmus, Soner
Titel	Awareness of Preservice Mathematics Teachers about Prehistoric and Ancient Number Systems
Quelle	In: Malikussaleh Journal of Mathematics Learning, 3 (2020) 2, S.57-61 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2620-6315
Schlagwörter	Preservice Teachers; Mathematics Instruction; History; Numbers; Computation; Number Systems; Knowledge Level; Gender Differences; Foreign Countries; Mathematics Teachers; Elementary School Mathematics; Elementary School Teachers; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Zahlenraum; Number system; Zahlensystem; Wissensbasis; Geschlechterkonflikt; Ausland; Mathematics; Teacher; Teachers; Mathematik; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Elementare Mathematik; Schulmathematik; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Türkei
Abstract	This study seeks to analyse the awareness of the pre-service teachers on the counting methods, systems and tools used in the prehistoric method and the Ancient period and to examine the distribution of this awareness by gender. A total of 42 sophomore-level students studying at a university in the Western Black Sea region, Turkey, participated in this exploratory case study. The data were obtained through a form consisting of 6 questions, one of which is open-ended, after the 14-week course of history of mathematics. The data collection tool included questions on the counting methods used in the pre-historic period and the Ancient Egyptian, Ancient Roman, Babylonian, Ancient Greek and Mayan number systems. The data were analysed through descriptive analysis and content analysis. The findings indicated that the pre-service teachers most reported the methods of tallying, tying a knot, token, circular disc. Also, the question on the Ancient Egyptian number system was answered correctly by all pre-service teachers, the lowest performance was observed in the question on the Mayan number system. Analysis of the answers by gender revealed that the male pre-service teachers were more likely to give false answers compared to the female pre-service teachers. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Malikussaleh University. Department of Mathematics Education, Universitas Malikussaleh Main Campus, Cot Teungku Nie Street, Reuleut, Muara Batu, Aceh Utara, Province of Aceh, 24351, Indonesia. e-mail: journal.mjml@unimal.ac.id; Web site: https://ojs.unimal.ac.id/index.php/mjml
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01