“…It was observed that the differences between the teaching efficacy levels of the physical education teacher candidates and the arithmetic averages of task-centered anxiety levels were not statistically significant in terms of gender, grade and sports branch. While this result is in line with some similar studies (Alrabai, 2015;Cheok & Wong, 2015;Erbaş, 2014), many similar studies have shown different results (Gözler, Bozgeyikli, & Avcı, 2017;McLean, Abry, Taylor, Jimenez, & Granger, 2017;Muñoz, Penalba, Sánchez, & Santos, 2017;Saracaloğlu, Kumral, & Kanmaz, 2009). In two different studies, it was observed that gender factor is an important variable and especially female teacher candidates' perception of teaching efficacy is high and their professional anxiety are at optimum level (Erbaş, 2014;Saracaloğlu et al, 2009).…”