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The study aims to determine how and at what level the attitudes of the teachers candidates regarding the measurement-evaluation course in education are. The study also aims to determine whether teachers’ attitudes towards the measurement and evaluation course in education differ according to gender, age, teachers’ training program and class variables. In accordance with the purposes of the research, quantitative and qualitative methods were used together and in order from the designs of the mixed methods as an explanatory orderly pattern method. The study’s quantitative work group consists of 339 teaching candidates identified by the “Simple Selective Example” method among teachers candidates who are actively continuing to study in the spring period of the 2021-2022 academic year at Dicle University. The method of sampling for the purpose of collecting the quality data of the study and the quantitative data collection process involves 12 teachers candidates who are selected and voluntarily participating among the teachers candidates. For the collection of research data, the "Measurement and Evaluation Course Attitude Scale" and the "Semi-Structured Conversation Form" prepared by the researcher, taking the expert opinion, were used. The scale used for the research is the Likert type 5 rating form, consisting of 3 dimensions and 20 substances. The semi-configured interview form consists of three questions. In addition, the "Personal Information Form" prepared by the researcher to determine the demographic characteristics of the teacher candidates in the study was also used as a data collection tool. The data collected for the research was analyzed through the SPSS package program. The study found that the teachers’ attitudes towards the measurement-evaluation course in education were at a good level. In addition, the research has determined that gender, the teacher training program that is studied and the teacher candidates who participate in the research according to the class showed significant differences in their attitudes towards the measurement-evaluation course in education. In addition to these findings, the research has found that according to the quality data, the teaching candidates have no negative attitude towards the measurement-evaluation course in education, the importance of the course is understood by the teaching candidates, and it has been emphasized that the teaching candidates are sufficient from a cognitive point of view.

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