Determination of University Students’ Self-efficacy and Attitudes towards Analytic Geometry Course

The purpose of this study to investigate self-efficacy and attitude of the pre-service elementary mathematics teachers and university students enrolling in mathematics department toward Analytic Geometry with respect to gender, department. There are 336 participants. The self efficacy and attitude toward analytic geometry scale (SAAG-S) developed by Ilgun, Azak ve Takunyaci (2012) was used. In order to analyze data, t-test and ANOVA were conducted and Pearson Correlation Coefficient was found. Results of this study showed that while there is a significant difference between the self-efficacy and attitudes of the pre-service elementary mathematics teachers and university students enrolling in mathematics department toward Analytic Geometry, there is no significant difference between the self-efficacy and attitudes of females and males.