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<language>eng</language>
<publisher>Science and Education Publishing</publisher>
<journalTitle>American Journal of Educational Research</journalTitle>
<eissn>2327-6150</eissn>
<publicationDate>2021-08-10</publicationDate>
<volume>9</volume>
<issue>8</issue>
<startPage>498</startPage>
<endPage>503</endPage>
<doi>10.12691/education-9-8-5</doi>
<publisherRecordId>EDUCATION2021985</publisherRecordId>
<documentType>article</documentType>
<title language="eng">College Pre-service TeachersĄŻ Disposition to Mathematics as They Enter the College</title>
<authors>
<author>
<name>Evelyn Agyei</name>
<email>amaachiaa86@gmail.com</email>
<affiliationId>1</affiliationId>
</author>
<author>
<name>Clement Kwasi Mbowura</name>
<affiliationId>2</affiliationId>
</author>
<author>
<name>Cheyuo Boniface Domonaamwin</name>
<affiliationId>3</affiliationId>
</author>

</authors>
<affiliationsList>
<affiliationName affiliationId="1">Mathematics and ICT Department, St Vincent College of Education, Yendi ¨C Northern Region, Ghana</affiliationName>
<affiliationName affiliationId="2">Mathematics and ICT Department, Evangelical Presbyterian College of Education, Bimbila¨C Northern Region, Ghana</affiliationName>
<affiliationName affiliationId="3">Nusrat Jahan Ahmadiyya College of Education, Wa¨C Upper West Region, Ghana</affiliationName>
</affiliationsList>
<abstract language="eng">This is a descriptive study that aims to investigate pre-service teachersĄŻ dispositions toward mathematics (cognitive, affective, and conative). 117 pre-service teachers were purposively sampled for the study. The purpose was to measure their disposition as they join the college community. The findings of this study show that the majority of college freshmen and fresh-women enter college with a negative disposition in all three functions (cognitive, affective, and conative) in mathematics. It was then concluded that a high percentage of these students have a negative disposition towards mathematics. It is recommended that college tutors develop their mathematics disposition by teaching most of the mathematics concepts through activities base.</abstract>
<fullTextUrl format="pdf">http://pubs.sciepub.com/education/9/8/5/education-9-8-5.pdf</fullTextUrl>
<keywords language="eng"><keyword>pre-service teachers</keyword>
<keyword>mathematic disposition</keyword>
<keyword>cognitive</keyword>
<keyword>affective</keyword>
<keyword>and conative disposition</keyword>
</keywords>
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