Özet:

This research is aimed at examining the views of the mobile learning environment and the teacher candidates on the mobile learning environment. For this purpose, a mobile learning environment was created by researchers. The study was conducted in the spring period of the 2017-2018 academic year, with 44 candidates for math teachers at a state university in the Western Black Sea Region. In the research that used the specific situation study method, the view form, the mobile learning attitude scale, Google Classroom sharing were used as a data collection tool. Opinions on the mobile learning environment have been analyzed as qualitative. The data obtained from the attitude scale is presented along with the average of the materials. The objects in the Google Classroom environment have been evaluated in terms of quality and sharing. Teacher candidates have pointed out that the mobile learning environment is useful and motivating because it has contributed positively to the development of a positive attitude towards the class, increased motivation towards the class, and facilitated the student-student and student-leader communication. As a result, it has been found that teachers candidates have positive opinions about the created mobile learning environment.

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Özet:

This mixed-method study aimed to investigate prospective teachers’ opinions on a mobile learning environment designed by the researchers. The study was carried out with 44 prospective mathematics teachers in the spring semester of 2017-2018 academic year at a state university in the Western Black Sea region. The mobile learning attitude scale, opinion form, and Google Classroom shares were used as data collection tools. The data obtained from the attitude scale were analyzed quantitatively. Data analysis took as a basis the mean of the scores of the prospective teachers from the scale and the intervals where the means were found. Item means were calculated and presented as factors. The opinions about the mobile learning environment were analyzed with descriptive analysis method. Objects in the Google Classroom environment were evaluated in terms of quality and sharing. Prospective teachers indicated that the mobile learning environment was beneficial and motivating in that it contributed to improving the positive attitudes towards the lesson, increasing the motivation of the lesson, and facilitating student-student and student-teacher communication. Findings showed that the prospective teachers had positive views on the mobile learning environment that was designed in the current study.