Number Sense Performances Of Preservice Teachers By Grade Level

The purpose of this study is to examine the number sense of the teacher candidates in terms of their class levels. “Survey Model” which is among descriptive research methods in this study. 312 teacher candidates participated in the study. The “Number Sense Test” which consists of 17 questions developed by Kayhan Altay has been used as the data collection tool. The findings of the study revealed that the number sense performances of the teacher candidates according to their class levels differed meaningfully according to different dimensions. It was observed that especially the number sense performances of the teacher candidates of the 3rd and 4th grades were higher when compared with the values of the teacher candidates of the 1st and 2nd grades. Taught in the third grade “Teaching Mathematics I and II” course is considered that this situation may cause.