Abstract

OCHAGAVIA, Bernardita Tornero. The impact of a socio-constructivist approach on prospective primary teachers’ attitudes about teaching and learning in general and mathematics in particular. Pág. Educ. [online]. 2017, vol.10, n.1, pp.1-35. ISSN 1688-7468.  https://doi.org/10.22235/pe.v10i1.1357.

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.

Keywords : prospective teachers; mathematics anxiety; cognitive acceleration; attitudinal change.

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