Investigation of the effectiveness of the in-service training designed towards computer technology usage in mathematics instruction: Bayburt case

This study aims to examine the effectiveness of the in-service training designed towards computer technology usage in mathematics instruction. Along with this aim the change in beliefs, the roles attributed to teacher and student in technology rich environments and the level of technology usage in instruction of primary school mathematics teachers which came to the existence as a result of the in-service training were determined.Designed training program was applied to 13 primary school teachers working at schools in Bayburt city center in a 15 week process. The content of the course was constructed with Integration Model by Rieber and Welliver (1989). Certain software and learning objects were introduced in the course plan besides theoretical knowledge. Additionally, numerous applications were applied to the teachers with worksheets and examples of activities prepared along with the requirements of the mathematics course curriculum.A 31-item likert type ?Belief Scale towards Using Computer Technology in Mathematics Instruction?, interviews and observations were used as data collecting tools in this case study. The data obtained from the study were subjected to qualitative and quantitative data analysis methods.When the findings was reviewed it was observed that the in-service training was effective in terms of changing the beliefs of the teachers in a positive way; changing the teacher role perception from ?instructor? to ?facilitator? and the student role perception from ?passive receiver? to ?active constructor?. The in-service training was also effective in teachers? usage of technology at Level-3. In this context the designed in-service training was concluded as being effective. Some suggestions were provided based on the obtained results of the present study.