Designed Examples as Mediating Tools: Introductory Algebra in Two Norwegian Grade 8 Classrooms

2019 ◽  
pp. 71-109
Author(s):  
Unni Wathne ◽  
Jorunn Reinhardtsen ◽  
Hans Erik Borgersen ◽  
Maria Luiza Cestari
Keyword(s):  
Mediating Tools ◽  
Grade 8

THE READABILITY ON GET ALONG WITH ENGLISH TEXTBOOK FOR VOATIONAL SCHOOL OF ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS AT YAPIM SIMPANG KAWAT

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Djuwi Adiba And Anni Holila Pulungan,
Keyword(s):  
Vocational School ◽  
Readability Score ◽  
Grade 5 ◽  
Descriptive Method ◽  
Grade 11 ◽  
Grade 8

The objective of this study aimed to find out the textbook that is readable for vocational school of eleventh grade students at YAPIM. It also used descriptive method to analyze and describe the readability based on SMOG and the New Dale-Chall formula. The data are the sentences in the six texts taken from the textbook published by Erlangga. The findings shows that the readability score based on SMOG formula looks like: text 1 got 134.43 in grade 15, text 2 got 89.98 in grade 12, text 3 got 25.88 in grade 8, text 4 got 85.89 in grade 12, text 5 got 15.75 in grade 7, and text 6 got 53.31 in grade 10. The average of the score was 67.54. Meanwhile, the readability score based on the New Dale-Chall formula looks like: text 1 got 8.0525 in grade 11-12, text 2 got 7.6315 in grade 9-10, text 3 got 5.0865 in grade 5-6, text 4 got 8.9655 in grade 11-12, text 5 got 5.5505 in grade 5-6, text 6 got 6.7285 in grade 7-8. The average of the score was 7. It shows that based on the average of the score from those formulas, the textbook is readable for the eleventh grade students.

scholarly journals Comparing self-perceived global self-esteem and physical self-esteem among children and adolescents in Southeastern Sweden, investigated in 2000 and 2017

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anders Raustorp ◽  
Andreas Fröberg
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Grade Levels ◽  
Grade 5 ◽  
Grade 8

AbstractObjectivesTo compare self-perceived global self-esteem (GSE) and physical self-esteem (PSE) among children and adolescents aged 11 and 14 years in Southeastern Sweden, investigated in 2000 and 2017.MethodsThe present study consists of two independent cross-sectional study-cohorts from Southeastern Sweden, investigated in 2000 and 2017. The same protocol, procedures, and instruments were used in 2000 and 2017. In October 2000, data for self-perceived GSE and PSE, and anthropometry were collected from 11-years old children (Grade 5) (n=74) and 14-years old adolescents (Grade 8) (n=84). In October 2017, children (n=186) and adolescents (n=140) from the same grade-levels, schools and classrooms provided data for the same variables as in 2000. GSE and PSE were assessed with the Children and Youth Physical Self-Perception Profile (CY-PSPP).ResultsSelf-perceived GSE was higher in 2017 as compared to 2000 among both 11-years old boys (p<0.001) and girls (p<0.001) and 14-years old boys (p=0.008) and girls (p<0.001). Similarly, self-perceived PSE was higher in 2017 as compared to 2000 among both 11-years old boys (p<0.001) and girls (p=0.023) and 14-years old boys (p=0.025) and girls (p=0.002).ConclusionsSelf-perceived GSE and PSE among children and adolescents aged 11 and 14 years in Southeastern Sweden were higher in 2017 as compared to 2000. These results are not in agreement with the increased psychological ill-health as being reported among children and adolescents during the last decade in Sweden.

scholarly journals Changing the Order of Factors Does Not Change the Product but Does Affect Students’ Answers, Especially Girls’ Answers

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 201
Author(s):  
Clelia Cascella ◽  
Chiara Giberti ◽  
Giorgio Bolondi
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Design ◽  
Rasch Model ◽  
Achievement Tests ◽  
Mathematical Content ◽  
Probability Sample ◽  
Decimal Numbers ◽  
Common Items ◽  
The Rasch Model ◽  
Grade 8

This study is aimed at exploring how different formulations of the same mathematical item may influence students’ answers, and whether or not boys and girls are equally affected by differences in presentation. An experimental design was employed: the same stem-items (i.e., items with the same mathematical content and question intent) were formulated differently and administered to a probability sample of 1647 students (grade 8). All the achievement tests were anchored via a set of common items. Students’ answers, equated and then analysed using the Rasch model, confirmed that different formulations affect students’ performances and thus the psychometric functionality of items, with discernible differences according to gender. In particular, we explored students’ sensitivity to the effect of a typical misconception about multiplication with decimal numbers (often called “multiplication makes bigger”) and tested the hypothesis that girls are more prone than boys to be negatively affected by misconception.

(In)visible perceptions of objects (‘things’) during early transitions: Intertwining subjectivities in ECEC

2021 ◽  
pp. 146394912110279
Author(s):  
E Jayne White ◽  
Fiona Westbrook ◽  
Kathryn Hawkes ◽  
Waveney Lord ◽  
Bridgette Redder
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
New Materialism ◽  
Object A ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Mediating Tools ◽  
Teachers And Parents ◽  
To Receive

Objects in early childhood education (ECEC) experiences have begun to receive a great deal more attention than ever before. Although much of this attention has emerged recently from new materialism, in this paper we turn to Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenological concern with the (in)visibility of ‘things’ to illuminate the presence of objects within infant transitions. Drawing on notions of écart and reversibility, we explore the relational perceptions objects are bestowed with on the lead up to, and first day of, infant transitions. Recognizing the intertwining subjectivities that perceive the object, a series of videos and interviews with teachers and parents across three ECEC sites in Australia and New Zealand provided a rich source of phenomenological insight. Our analysis reveals objects as deeply imbued anchoring links that enable relational possibilities for transitions between home and ECEC service. Visible and yet invisible to adults (parents and/or teachers) who readily engage with objects during earliest transitions, the significance of things facilitates opportunities to forge new relationships, create boundaries and facilitate connections. As such, our paper concludes that objects are far more than mediating tools, or conceptual agents; they provide an explicit route to understanding with potential to play a vital role in supporting effective early transitions when granted visibility within this important phenomenon.

scholarly journals Grade 8 learner’s achievement and motivation level in geometry using kahoot! as a formative assessment

2021 ◽  
Vol 1835 (1) ◽  
pp. 012014
Author(s):  
Fatima Baguio ◽  
Fe Marie I. Rama ◽  
Janah Marie L. Rico ◽  
Douglas A. Salazar
Keyword(s):  
Formative Assessment ◽  
Motivation Level ◽  
Grade 8
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