The logical and inferential thinking skills of secondary school mathematics teachers and their relationship to their mathematical beliefs

Abstract

The aim of the current research is to know the logical and inferential thinking skills of secondary school mathematics teachers and their relationship to their mathematical beliefs in the Karbala governorate center. The descriptive research method was adopted, and in order to achieve the goal of the research, a test of logical inferential thinking skills was built, as it was in its final form of (32) test items  , The Mathematical Beliefs Scale may be in its final form (35) paragraphs, with two dimensions (the nature of mathematics, and the learning and teaching of mathematics), The research community was determined from female secondary school mathematics teachers in the Karbala governorate center for the academic year (2020-2021), and the sample size was (45) schools, and the results showed that mathematics teachers in the Karbala governorate center possessed logical and inferential thinking skills and the presence of mathematical beliefs among the research sample, In its two dimensions (the nature of mathematics, learning and teaching of mathematics),There is also a positive and direct correlation with statistical significance between the skills of logical and inferential thinking and the mathematical beliefs of female mathematics teachers.