The purpose of this study is to investigate the primary school teacher candidates' levels of anxiety towards teaching science according to various variables. The study was carried out with the participation of 282 students in the primary education department of Erciyes University Ziya Eren Education Faculty. The anxiety towards teaching science scale and the personal information form prepared by the researcher were used as data collection tools. Frequency (f) and percentage (%) values were determined for personal information about the participants, total scores and factor scores. In order to reveal the relationship between the scores obtained from the scale, t-test was used for the gender variable and ANOVA test statistic was used for the grade level and grade point average variables. As a result of the research, the students' levels of anxiety towards teaching science differed only according to their grades. There were no differences according to their gender and grade point averages. Based on the findings obtained from the research, there was a significant difference between the 2nd and 3rd grade students' levels of teaching anxiety related to content knowledge. The anxiety levels of the 2nd grade students were lower than the anxiety levels of the 3rd grade students. There was a significant difference between the 3rd and 4th grade students' levels of teaching anxiety related to the curriculum. The anxiety levels of the 4th grade students were lower than the anxiety levels of the 3rd grade students.

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Purpose of the study is to investigate the anxiety levels of primary school students in mathematics teaching according to different variables. The sample group of the study consists of students studying in the basic education department of Erciyes University Faculty of Education. In the research, Anxiety Scale for Mathematics and Science Teaching developed by Liu in 2016 and adapted to Turkish in 2017 by Aytekin, Türkmenoğlu and Arıkan and personal information form prepared by the researcher were used. In order to reveal the comparison between the scores obtained from the scale, t test was used according to the gender variable and ANOVA test statistic was used according to the grade level and general weighted average variables. As a result of the study, it was concluded that anxiety levels of mathematics teaching the students differed according to the gender and grade level variable, but mathematics education anxiety levels did not change according to the general weighted grade point average. Based on the findings, it was concluded that female students' anxiety levels in mathematics education were higher than male students. According to the grade level variable, anxiety level of mathematics teaching was found to be higher in the pre-service teachers in the 3rd grade than the teacher candidates in the 2nd and 4th grade. teacher candidates' knowledge and conceptual learning in mathematics should be supported in relation to other courses conducted at different grade levels and in order to minimize differences in grade level related to mathematics teaching anxiety, teaching practices at each grade level should be given more space.