PRE-SERVICE MATHEMATICS AND PRIMARY TEACHERS’ EXPERIENCE ABOUT THE COMPUTER SOFTWARE PROGRAMS

The purpose of this study is to examine the computer software experience of pre-service teachers. There were a total of 541 pre-service teachers involved in this study. The researcher used one questionnaire, developed by Yushau (2006) in the collection of the data. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics techniques and, independent samples t-test and One Way ANOVA to determine the differences of pre-service teachers’ computer experience in terms of gender and their education programs. The result of study shows that pre-service teachers’ computer software experience is insufficient. In addition, it was seen that gender is not associated with teachers’ experience with computer software programs. Finally, according to attended programs, results of current research indicate that significant differences were found in pre-service teachers’ experience with computer software programs.