Awareness Of Basic Concepts Of Mathematics Among B. Ed Student Teachers

Abstract

Ordinary knowledge is awareness of external facts; ordinary belief, conviction on inadequate grounds (Alfred R. Orage, 1998). This present study aims to find out the Awareness of basic concepts of mathematics in student Teachers of B.Ed colleges. Normative survey method is used in the present study. Sample consists of 132 college of education from the pedagogy of Mathematics student teachers, selected using convenient sampling technique in Villupuram district. Mathematics Awareness Questionnaire (MAQ) was developed by P.Sivagnana Sakthivel. The sample reliability is established by test re-test method by the researcher. The correlation co-efficient is found to be 0.87. Descriptive and differential Analysis were used for analyzing the data. The result shows the level of mathematics awareness of B.Ed student teachers is high.