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Title: Exploring Relations among Pre-Service Science Teachers' Motivational Beliefs, Learning Strategies and Constructivist Learning Environment Perceptions through Unsupervised Data Mining
Language: English
Authors: Kingir, Sevgi (ORCID 0000-0003-1848-4392), Gok, Bilge (ORCID 0000-0002-1548-164X), Bozkir, Ahmet Selman (ORCID 0000-0003-4305-7800)
Source: Journal of Baltic Science Education. 2020 19(5):804-823.
Availability: Scientia Socialis Ltd. 29 K. Donelaicio Street, LT-78115 Siauliai, Republic of Lithuania. e-mail: scientia@scientiasocialis.lt; e-mail: mail.jbse@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.scientiasocialis.lt/jbse/
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 20
Publication Date: 2020
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers, Motivation, Beliefs, Learning Strategies, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Environment, Student Attitudes, Questionnaires, Surveys, Likert Scales, Student Characteristics, Gender Differences, Foreign Countries
Geographic Terms: Turkey
Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire, Constructivist Learning Environment Survey
ISSN: 1648-3898
Abstract: Educational data mining is a developing research trend for exploring hidden patterns and natural associations among a set of student, teacher or school related variables. Discovering profiles of preservice science teachers using data mining methods would give important information about quality of teacher education programs and future science teachers' performance. The aim of this research was to describe characteristics of preservice science teachers and to explore the relations among their motivational beliefs, learning strategy use, and constructivist learning environment perceptions. Participants included 480 preservice science teachers in their final semester of the teacher education program. Data were gathered using Demographic Questionnaire, Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire, Achievement Goal Questionnaire and Constructivist Learning Environment Scale. Findings of clustering analysis revealed gender as a discriminating factor between the obtained two natural groups. Preservice science teachers' characteristics including background characteristics, motivational beliefs, strategy use and constructivist learning environment perceptions were grouped into two clusters, namely males and females. Moreover, the association rules mining analysis revealed strong relations among preservice science teachers' motivational beliefs, learning strategy use, and constructivist learning environment perceptions. This research provided many important findings that can be useful for further decision-making strategies.
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