%0 Journal Article
%T RELATIONSHIPS AMONG PRESERVICE PRIMARY MATHEMATICS TEACHERS¡¯ GENDER, ACADEMIC SUCCESS AND SPATIAL ABILITY
%A Melih Tur£¿ut
%A S¨¹ha Y£¿lmaz
%J International Journal of Instruction
%D 2012
%I International Journal of Instruction
%X The aim of this work is to investigate relationships among pre-service primary mathematics teachers¡¯ gender, academic success and spatial ability. The study was conducted in Izmir with 193 pre-service primary mathematics teachers of Dokuz Eyl¨¹l University. In the work, spatial ability test, which consists of two main sub-tests measuring spatial orientation and spatial visualization abilities, is used. In order to analyze the obtained data, descriptive statistics, Pearson product moment correlation coefficient and Mann-Whitney U test are used. The results indicated that pre-service primary mathematics teachers¡¯ spatial ability level is low; there is a positive relationship between spatial ability and academic success; there is no significant difference between spatial ability and gender and the abilities of spatial orientation and spatial visualization are positively correlated. Some important research questions are also proposed.
%K spatial visualization
%K spatial orientation
%K spatial ability
%K mathematics education
%K academic success
%U http://www.e-iji.net/dosyalar/iji_2012_2_1.pdf