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Proceedings of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education · Volume 1

Tracing Pre-service Primary Teachers’ View of Mathematics Through Retrospective Graphs

Juulia Lahdenperä, Çiğdem Haser

University of Turku

49th Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, PME 2026Helsinki27 July 2026 - 1 August 2026pp. 891–898ISSN 2790-36482026Scopus conference code 336559
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Abstract

Pre-service primary teachers’ (PSTs) views of mathematics play a central role in them becoming effective mathematics teachers. As these views are constructed through prior experiences, understanding how such experiences are formed is essential to support the development of more positive views of mathematics. The data consists of 101 PSTs’ retrospective graphs representing their relationship with mathematics and its variation over time. The analysis revealed five graph-shape categories, Positives, Uphills, Negatives, Downhills, and Zigzags, with aspects such as motivation, competence, perceived difficulty, effort, and former teachers associated with changes along the way. Overall, the study demonstrates that graphs offer a valuable alternative for solely verbal and written responses.

Keywords

view of mathematicsretrospective graphsteacher education

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Lahdenperä, J., & Haser, Ç. (2026). Tracing Pre-service Primary Teachers’ View of Mathematics Through Retrospective Graphs. In Krzywacki H., Hähkiöniemi M., Haataja E., Hannula M.S., Hästö P. (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Volume 1 (pp. 891–898). Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME). ISSN 2790-3648.
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