Learning strategies of physics teacher candidates: Relationships with physics achievement and class level

Learning strategy concept was introduced in the education field from the development of cognitive psychology. Learning strategies are behaviors and thoughts that a learner engages in during learning which are intended to influence the learner's encoding process. Literature on learning strategies in physics field is very scarce. Participants of the research consist of teacher candidates (n=137) from 1(st), 2(nd), 3(rd), 4(th) and 5(th) grade attending Department of Physics Education, Education Faculty of Buca, Dokuz Eylul University in Turkey. Data of this research was collected by "Scale of Learning Strategies Usage in Physics" (Cronbach's Alpha=0.93). Mean, Standard Deviation, Analysis of Variance were used to analyze the research data. This paper reports on teacher candidates' learning strategies used in physics education. The paper investigates the relationships between learning strategies and physics achievement, class level. Some important outcomes of the research are presented, discussed and certain suggestions are made