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Pre-service teachers' re-constructed geometry disposition scale: a validity and reliability study in the Ghanaian context

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posted on 2024-11-21, 01:06 authored by SR Baidoo, Robyn Reaburn, Greg OatesGreg Oates

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.

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Publication title

Proceedings of the 44th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia

Editors

N Fitzallen, C Murphy, V Hatisaru & N Maher

Pagination

74-81

Department/School

Education

Publisher

MERGA Inc

Place of publication

Australia

Event title

MERGA 44

Event Venue

Launceston, Tasmania

Date of Event (Start Date)

2022-07-03

Date of Event (End Date)

2022-07-07

Rights statement

Copyright 2022 MERGA

Socio-economic Objectives

160301 Assessment, development and evaluation of curriculum

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