Teachers' Beliefs about Mathematical Problem Solving

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to investigate the teachers' beliefs which are about mathematical problem solving. In this study as a method, for investigating problem of the research descriptive survey method was used. In the research, was tried to determine teachers' beliefs about mathematical problem solving. For this purpose, The Belief Survey on Mathematical Problem Solving (BSMPS), which has 39 items, is utilizing, beliefs are investigated in terms of 6 different sub dimensions. There are 119 classroom teachers, 17 science and technology teachers, 34 mathematics, 8 physics, 6 chemistry, and 8 biology teachers in totally 192 teachers, in research sample. As a result of the analysis it was seen that generally teachers have high beliefs in solving problems. Besides, when sub dimensions are examined, it is seen that some opinions of teachers toward mathematical problem solving are not mature yet and also some ideas are not at expected level