Explanatory-confirmatory research design, one of the mixed methods research designs, was used in this study to investigate content knowledge (CK) developments of prospective teachers regarding algebra. Cross-sectional study method, as a type of descriptive...
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Explanatory-confirmatory research design, one of the mixed methods research designs, was used in this study to investigate content knowledge (CK) developments of prospective teachers regarding algebra. Cross-sectional study method, as a type of descriptive research and one of the non-experimental research designs, was used to collect quantitative data in the study. In the qualitative part of the study, case study was used. The participants of the study were composed of 176 prospective teachers studying in the elementary mathematics education department of a university in Turkey, who were first, second, third, and fourth year students with equal numbers. Interview, observation and knowledge test for algebra were used as the instruments for the purpose of study. One way ANOVA test was used to compare the means of the total scores of the prospective teachers obtained from Algebra Content Knowledge Test (ACKT) since ACKT score are normally distributed. According to the results of the study
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