In this study aimed to determine the variables explaining the academic literacy of preservice teachers. The participants of the study consisted of 541 preservice teachers, who were enrolled in the education faculty of a state university located in the 2020-2021 academic year spring term. Of the preservice teachers, 156 are in mathematics, 162 in science, 103 in classroom and 120 in social studies. The data were collected using the "Academic Literacy Scale". The scale consists of 23 items and three dimensions. There are 11 items in the “Academic Tendency” dimension, 8 items in the “Research Process” dimension and 4 items in the “Information Use” dimension. Classification and Regression Tree (C&RT/CART/CRT) was used in the analysis of the data. In the research academic literacy of the preservice teachers with respect to the dimension of academic tendency was found to be high. The variables explaining the academic tendency dimension was wish for graduate education, department and grade. It was determined that the most important variable explaining the mean scores of the preservice teachers regarding the academic tendency dimension was "wish for graduate education". Of the preservice teachers participated in the study, it was observed that the mean scores of those wishing to receive a graduate education were higher than those not wishing to receive a graduate education or who were uncertain about receiving a graduate education. In the research academic literacy of the preservice teachers with respect to the dimension of research process was found to be high. The variables explaining the research process dimension was department, grade, age range and the status of receiving scientific/educational research methods course. The most important variable explaining the mean scores of the preservice teachers regarding the research process dimension was specified to be “department”. The mean scores of the mathematics, science and classroom preservice teachers were found to be higher than the mean score of the social sciences preservice teachers. In the research academic literacy of the preservice teachers with respect to the dimension of information use was found to be high. The variables explaining the information use dimension was grade, wish for graduate education, the status of receiving scientific/educational research methods course. The most important variable explaining the mean scores of preservice teachers regarding the dimension of information use was "grade level". It was specified that the mean scores of the preservice teachers enrolled in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd grades were lower than the preservice teachers in the 4th grade.

Akademik okuryazarlık, sınıflandırma ve regresyon ağacı, karar ağacı, C&RT analizi, CART analizi, CRT analizi.