THE MEASUREMENT OF CURIOSITY OF TEACHER CANDIDATES: A STUDY BASED ON BREADTH AND DEPTH OF INTEREST

Journal Title: Advanced Education - Year 2017, Vol 0, Issue 7

Abstract

<p>The aim of this study was to investigate curiosity styles of teacher candidates. A total of 250 teacher candidates –classroom/physical education and sports- volunteered for the study. In the study Turkish version of Erwin’s (1998) two-factor curiosity scale was used as data gathering tool. In the evaluation of data first reliability and normality analyses were made. And MANOVA was used as hypothesis test at the %95 confidence level. This study showed that classroom teacher candidates' breadth of interest curiosity score was significantly higher in comparison with physical education and sport teacher candidates.</p><p><strong> </strong></p>

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Neslisah Aktas, Umit Ustun

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  • EP ID EP515314
  • DOI 10.20535/2410-8286.92520
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Neslisah Aktas, Umit Ustun (2017). THE MEASUREMENT OF CURIOSITY OF TEACHER CANDIDATES: A STUDY BASED ON BREADTH AND DEPTH OF INTEREST. Advanced Education, 0(7), 33-36. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-515314