scholarly journals Informing the design of a multisensory learning environment for elementary mathematics learning

Author(s):  
Luigi F. Cuturi ◽  
Giulia Cappagli ◽  
Nikoleta Yiannoutsou ◽  
Sara Price ◽  
Monica Gori

AbstractIt is well known that primary school children may face difficulties in acquiring mathematical competence, possibly because teaching is generally based on formal lessons with little opportunity to exploit more multisensory-based activities within the classroom. To overcome such difficulties, we report here the exemplary design of a novel multisensory learning environment for teaching mathematical concepts based on meaningful inputs from elementary school teachers. First, we developed and administered a questionnaire to 101 teachers asking them to rate based on their experience the learning difficulty for specific arithmetical and geometrical concepts encountered by elementary school children. Additionally, the questionnaire investigated the feasibility to use multisensory information to teach mathematical concepts. Results show that challenging concepts differ depending on children school level, thus providing a guidance to improve teaching strategies and the design of new and emerging learning technologies accordingly. Second, we obtained specific and practical design inputs with workshops involving elementary school teachers and children. Altogether, these findings are used to inform the design of emerging multimodal technological applications, that take advantage not only of vision but also of other sensory modalities. In the present work, we describe in detail one exemplary multisensory environment design based on the questionnaire results and design ideas from the workshops: the Space Shapes game, which exploits visual and haptic/proprioceptive sensory information to support mental rotation, 2D–3D transformation and percentages. Corroborating research evidence in neuroscience and pedagogy, our work presents a functional approach to develop novel multimodal user interfaces to improve education in the classroom.

Author(s):  
Сергей Арменович Саакян

Рассматриваются теоретические и методические особенности использования кейс-технологии в начальной школе. Даются методические рекомендации по применению кейсов при изучении тем экологического содержания в курсе «Окружающий мир». Приводятся результаты анкетирования педагогов начальной школы по вопросам использования кейс-технологии. The article describes the theoretical and application approach of the use of case studies in elementary school education. Application approaches are shown through the different cases in the study of environmental topics found in the elementary school course «The World Around». Survey results of elementary school teachers on the use of case studies are also presented.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-72
Author(s):  
Manuharawati ◽  
Raden Sulaiman ◽  
Hery Tri Sutanto ◽  
Muhammad Jakfar ◽  
Toni Phibeta

In March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 as an international pandemic. This condition definitely affects the learning process, especially Mathematics learning in elementary school, and one of the goals expressed by Badan Standar Nasional Pendidikan (BSNP), namely that students have the ability to understand concepts, reason, solve problems, communicate ideas, and have an attitude of appreciating the usefulness of mathematics in life. Most elementary school teachers in Magersari District have not been able to do problem solving training for students and they need help to improve their abilities in assisting their students in solving Math Olympiad problems. Therefore, an activity was held to development of online student olympiad training materials for elementary school teachers in Magersari Mojokerto Subdistrict. Base on the evaluation, it can be concluded that this activity can improve the ability of teachers to develop Math Olympiad questions at the elementary school level and be able to solve them with problem solving steps; In solving problems related to integers, teachers can apply the properties of integer operations, and do not use formulas that are not familiar to elementary school children; And also, this activity is felt to be fun and in accordance with its objectives.


2020 ◽  
pp. 79-85
Author(s):  
Honcharuk O.V.

У статті проаналізовано та розкрито особливості реалізації педагогічних умов системи професійної підготовки майбутніх учителів початкової школи до організації дозвілля молодших школярів.Педагогічними умовами визначено: цілеспрямовану позитивну мотивацію та стимулювання потре-би у студентів у сформованості в інноваційному середовищі закладу вищої освіти творчого рівня готов-ності до організації дозвілля молодших школярів; оновлення змісту аудиторної та позааудиторної під-готовки студентів до організації дозвілля учнів початкової школи; застосування інтерактивних методів і форм навчання, спрямованих на формування компонентів готовності студентів до організації дозвілля молодших школярів; інтеграція управлінських зусиль суб’єктів системи професійної підготовки.Метастатті полягала в аналізі особливостей реалізації педагогічних умов системи професійної під-готовки майбутніх учителів початкової школи до організації дозвілля дітей. У процесі наукового пошуку нами використано такі методи дослідження, як аналіз, синтез, узагаль-нення, систематизація.Реалізація педагогічних умов здійснювалася в три етапи: підготовчий, організаційно-практичний і результативний. Для реалізації першої умови проводилися мотивація й стимулювання у студентів потреби до оволодіння компетентністю організовувати дозвілля дітей як професійної й особистіс-ної цінності. Наступні умови реалізовувалися через впровадження в систему професійної підготов-кинавчального курсу «Організація дозвіллєвої діяльності молодших школярів», залучення молоді до роботи студентського клубу «Цікаве дозвілля молодших школярів», до участі у виховних заходах доз-віллєвого характеру на рівні факультету та університету, діяльності проблемної групи «Умови успішної організації дозвіллєвої діяльності молодших школярів», до виконання системи професійно-дозвіллє-вих завдань, які були розроблені до кожного з видів практики. У процесі системи професійної підго-товки відбувалося управління та самоуправління підготовкою майбутніх учителів початкової школи до організації дозвіллєвої діяльності молодших школярів. In the article analyzed and revealed the peculiarities of realization of pedagogical conditions of professional preparation of future elementary school teachers for organizing leisure activities of primary school children. The pedagogical conditions defined: purposeful positive motivation and stimulation of the need for students to form in the innovative environment of higher education institution a creative level of readiness for organizing leisure activities of primary school children; updating the content of classroom and extra-curricular preparation of students for organizing leisure activities of elementary school students; application of interactive methods and forms of teaching aimed at forming components of students’ readiness to organize leisure activities of younger students; integration of the management efforts of the subjects of the system of professional training.The purpose of the article was to analyze the peculiarities of realization of pedagogical conditions for professional preparation of future elementary school teachers for organizing children’s leisure.In the process of scientific search, we used the following methods of research: analysis, synthesis, generalization, systematization.The implementation of pedagogical conditions was carried out in three stages: preparatory, organizational-practical and effective. In order to realize the first condition, students were motivated and encouraged to acquire the competence to organize the leisure of children as a professional and personal value.The following conditions were realized through the introduction into the system of vocational training of the training course “Organization of leisure activities of junior students”, involvement of youth in the work of the student club “Interesting leisure of junior students”, to participate in educational activities of leisure nature at the faculty level, at the university level, activities of the problem group “Conditions for successful organization of leisure activities of younger students”, to fulfill the system of professional and leisure tasks that were developed for each of the types of practice. The management and self-management of future primary school teachers to organize leisure activities of the younger students took place in the course of the vocational training system.


2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-29
Author(s):  
Róbert Osaďan

AbstractIn this study we explored the perception of gender stereotypes among elementary school teachers. Respondents (280 teachers) answered questions about their perception of the suitable behaviour according to the gender. Significant interactions emerge between teachers’ and pupils’ gender. The primary purpose of this paper was to find out on how teachers’ stereotypes affect their behavior towards elementary school-children. Results of the research were generally consistent with gender role stereotypes.


1991 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-9
Author(s):  
James V. Bruni

NCTM's development of the Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics (NCTM 1989) and the recent companion document, Professional Standards for Teaching Mathematics (NCTM 1991), is an extraordinary achievement. At a time when many agree that we urgently need change in mathematics education, these sets of standards project an exciting vision of what mathematics learning can be and how all students can develop “mathematical power.” They establish a broad framework to guide reform efforts and challenge everyone interested in the quality of school mathematics programs to work collaboratively to use them as a basis for change. How will we meet this challenge? The Editorial Panel believes that translating that vision into reality at the elementary school level will be possible only if elementary school teachers are involved in taking leadership roles as agents of change.


2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Thanheiser ◽  
Randolph A. Philipp ◽  
Jodi Fasteen ◽  
Krista Strand ◽  
Briana Mills

Helping prospective elementary school teachers (PSTs) recognize that they have something useful to learn from university mathematics courses remains a constant challenge. We found that an initial content interview with PSTs often led to the PSTs' changing their beliefs about mathematics and about their understanding of mathematics, leading to the recognition that (a) there is something to learn beyond procedures, (b) their own knowledge is limited and they need to know more to be able to teach, and (c) engaging in the mathematical activities in their content courses will lead them to learning important content. Thus, such an interview can set PSTs on a trajectory characterized by greater motivation to learn in their content courses.


2019 ◽  
Vol IV (III) ◽  
pp. 234-240
Author(s):  
Toheed Qamar ◽  
Muhammad Javed ◽  
Zafar Hussain

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of transformational leadership on teacher retention at elementary school level (ESL) of Southern Punjab. The elementary school teachers (ELT) of Southern Punjab formed population. For the sample, 240 schools and 960 teachers were selected randomly for the study. The study has measured transformational leadership through factors i.e. job characteristics, school characteristics and personal attributes. When the respondents were asked for their views about teacher retention then there was no significant dissimilarity with respect to gender rather both groups had similar views; whereas significant difference was found between private and public teacher.


2021 ◽  
Vol VI (III) ◽  
pp. 62-70
Author(s):  
Nazir Haider Shah ◽  
Muhammad Naqeeb ul Khalil Shaheen ◽  
Sobia Yaseen

The study aimed to compare the emotional techniques of males and females at the elementary school level in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. The nature of this study was descriptive, and a cross-sectional survey was applied for the collection of data. All male and female teachers working in the elementary school of district Sudhnuti were the population of the study. Three hundred nine elementary school teachers of District Sudhnuti were selected by using a random sampling technique. A questionnaire was developed to collect data based on a five-point Like rt scale from elementary school teachers. For data collection, the researcher collected the data personally from the nearest areas while using the postal service for far-flung areas. The data collected through the questionnaire were analyzed by using mean scores and an independent sample t-test. It was found that there is a significant difference in the mean score of male and female teachers regarding motivational techniques. Furthermore, female teachers are using all the motivational techniques instead of male teachers.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 133
Author(s):  
Samuel Igo Leton ◽  
Kristoforus Djawa Djong ◽  
Irmina Veronika Uskono ◽  
Wilfridus Beda Nuba Dosinaeng ◽  
Meryani Lakapu

Students need teachers with a deep understanding of mathematical concepts to improve their mathematical knowledge and achievement. The observation results of several elementary school teachers showed that they still have a lack of understanding of the geometry concepts. This research is an exploratory study with a qualitative approach that aims to describe the performance of elementary school teachers in understanding the concepts of triangles and squares. The participants in this study were elementary school teachers across Soe City District. A description test deals with the geometry concept of two-dimensional shapes that were implemented to determine the most appropriate teachers to participate in the study. Thirty-three teachers were then selected based on this preliminary test results. In-depth interviews were also conducted with the participants. The data analysis showed that the participants had a lack of understanding of the concept of two-dimensional shapes and necessary arithmetic skills. Moreover, the data suggested that the participants held various perceptions regarding their understanding of certain concepts based on their experience in teaching the mathematical concept. Based on these results, some programs are recommended to improve professionalism and pedagogical competencies, such as a refresher training program for basic mathematical material and training in teaching aids used. These programs are expected to help prepare elementary school teachers in teaching mathematics.


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