Examination of Pre-service Teachers' Error Analysis Skills in Teaching Differential Calculus

Teaching practice: Experiences of pre-service physics teachers

“…Johnson and Christensen (2014) opine that the "triangulation of quantitative and qualitative data does not only involve the collection of mixed data, but it is used to validate and expand on the quantitative findings from a survey by including a few open-ended questions". This method has been used by Makamure and Jita (2019) to explore the role of teaching practice to pre-service mathematics teachers. This type of design allows the collection of both types of data within one survey because the qualitative items are add-on to the quantitative survey.…”

“…Several studies have emphasized the importance of teaching practice in the professional training of teachers especially, in the various teacher training colleges and faculties of education, in the respective colleges of education and universities (Amuda, 2017;Makamure & Jita, 2019;Mkhasibe & Mncube, 2020;Mokoena, 2017;Msangya et al, 2016;Sirmaci, 2010). Makamure and Jita (2019) opine that "teaching practice provides pre-service teachers with germane responsibilities, attitudes and skills that vary from their experiences as students". Many of these studies on teaching practice adopt the quantitative approach to investigate the experience of pre-service teachers (Amankwah et al, 2017;Ezeafuluke & Ezeobi, 2018;Msangya et al, 2016;Okoro, 2019).…”

“…Empirical studies by Makamure and Jita (2019), Mokoena (2017), and Mutseekwa and Mushoriwa (2021) used mixed methods approach to investigate the experience of pre-service teachers during practical teaching. Many of the studies focused on the challenges and strengths faced by pre-service teachers during teaching practice (Amankwah et al, 2017;Chukwurah & Chukwurah, 2021;Ezeafuluke & Ezeobi, 2018;Koc, 2012;Mokoena, 2017) but others focused on the supports and mentorship pre-service teachers received from their teaching practice schools and teachers (Makamure & Jita, 2019;Mutseekwa & Mushoriwa 2021;Nkambule & Mukeredzi, 2017;Nuangchalerm, 2009). In what looks like a different focus, Mkhasibe and Mncube (2020) investigated the evaluation of pre-service teacher's classroom management skills during teaching practice.…”