ERIC Number: EJ1165347
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Publication Date: 2017-Dec
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An Analysis of Pre-Service Elementary School Teachers' Skills in Geometrical Drawing Using Isometric Paper
Toptas, Veli; Karaca, Elif Tugçe
International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, v10 n2 p309-314 Dec 2017
The aim of this study was to determine pre-service elementary school teachers' capabilities of deciding the viewpoint and perspective in geometrical drawing. The study examined geometrical drawings the participants did on isometric paper. This is a case study, a qualitative study method, and the study data were analyzed using written documents. The study sample included 34 senior students in the Education Faculty's Elementary School Teaching Program at a Turkish public university. They were selected from approximately 205 pre-service teachers. The students participated in the study on a voluntary basis. The study results revealed that the pre-service teachers generally had weak skills in geometrical drawing. The participants had better skills in building structures which they saw from the air using unit blocks, and forming a structure of which they had the direct views (left and right; front and back) using unit blocks. However, the participants had weaker skills in drawing the direct views of the structures they had built, recognizing the connections between the left-right views and front-back views of the structures and drawing the structures they built on isometric paper in perspective.
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Geometric Concepts, Freehand Drawing, Case Studies, Qualitative Research, Geometry, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Curriculum, Foreign Countries
International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education. T&K Akademic Rosendalsvein 45, Oslo 1166, Norway. e-mail: iejee@iejee.com; Web site: http://www.iejee.com
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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