The Relationship between Mathematics Teachers' Mind Types and Computational Thinking Skills

Abstract

The aim of the study is to investigate the relationship between the mind types of mathematics teachers which will shape the future and their computational thinking skills. The study was designed according to quantitative-relational survey model. This study was carried out with 481 volunteer mathematics teachers determined according to the random sampling method. Computational Thinking Skills Scale and Mind Types Scale were used as data collection tools in the study. In the analysis of the data, descriptive statistics, correlation and regression analyses were benefited. According to the perceptions of the mathematics teachers, the level of their ethical mind and computational thinking skills are very high while their disciplined mind, synthesizing mind, creating mind, respectful mind and quinary mind levels are high. Also, according to the perceptions of mathematics teachers, there is a high level significant positive relationship between their quinary minds and computational thinking skills, and their quinary minds (both in sub-dimesnions and as a whole) are a significant predictor of their computational thinking.