Prospective Teacher's Evaluations in Terms of Using Reflective Thinking Skills to Solve Problems

摘要

The general aim of this research is to evaluate prospective teachers in terms of their use of reflective thinking skills to solve problems. With this aim, the views’ of prospective teachers on problem solving and reflective thinking skills has been researched to determine whether there is a significant difference with respect to their gender, departments and classes. As a means of data collection, The Scale of Reflective Thinking Skills to Solve Problems, which was developed by K?z?lkaya and A?kar (2009), has been used. The study population is prospective teachers who attend the Education Faculty of F?rat University. Looking at the opinions of prospective teachers in the different factors of the scale; in the question dimension, in the evaluation dimension, in the reasoning dimension and in the whole of the scale it has been found that there was a significant difference in the class variable.