The impact of a socio-constructivist approach on prospective primary teachers’ attitudes about teaching and learning in general and mathematics in particular

Bernardita Tornero Ochagavia

doi:10.22235/pe.v10i1.1357

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Bernardita Tornero Ochagavia Universidad de los Andes

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https://doi.org/10.22235/pe.v10i1.1357

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prospective teachers, mathematics anxiety, cognitive acceleration, attitudinal change

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Cognitive Acceleration programs have been successful in promoting reasoning skills in school students and in changing the pedagogy of the in-service teachers applying them. The novelty of this study is that it implemented, for the first time, that socio-constructivist approach with prospective teachers. The results suggest that the cognitive acceleration course promoted positive changes in their attitudes about teaching and learning in general and mathematics in particular.

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