@article{2017,title={PRE-SERVICE MIDDLE SCHOOL MATHEMATICS TEACHERS’ FUNCTIONAL THINKING ABILITIES IN SOLVING PROBLEMS},abstractNode={Since the development of functional thinking do not only take place in secondary or university grades, but also in the elementary grades, the function concept plays an important role in mathematics curriculums for all grades. So middle school mathematics teachers’ functional thinking abilities have an effect on the development of functional thinking in middle grades. The purpose of the study is to investigate pre-service middle school mathematics teachers’ functional thinking abilities in the context of problem solving. In this qualitative study, participants were 10 volunteer pre-service middle school mathematics teachers who completed mathematics courses in Middle School Mathematics Teaching Program. For clinical interviews, real world problems were used in the context of one variable function. Data was analyzed qualitatively. According to the results, it was seen that pre-service middle school mathematics teachers did not have sufficient functional thinking abilities in problem solving to develop this ability in their teaching experience.},author={Tangül KABAEL-, Başak BARAK},year={2017},journal={The Journal of International Educational Sciences}}