Chinese primary school mathematics teachers working in a centralised curriculum system: a case study of two primary schools in North‐East China

2006 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ma Yun‐peng ◽  
Lam Chi‐chung ◽  
Wong Ngai‐ying
Author(s):  
Muhammad Sofwan Mahmud Et al.

POral questioning has various roles in teaching mathematics and is often used as one of the strategies for assessing student learning formatively. However, not much is known about how primary school mathematics teachers use oral questioning to assess student learning because previous studies have focused more on oral questioning in general in terms of its implementation in teaching. Therefore, this study was conducted to explore how primary school mathematics teachers use oral questioning to assess student learning in mathematics teaching. This study is qualitative in the form of a case study involving six school mathematics teachers selected using the purposive sampling method. Data for this study were collected using observation methods, interviews and field notes. Next, the data obtained were analysed using constant comparative analysis using Atlas ti. 8 software to obtain themes and sub-themes. The study found that oral questioning helps teachers gather information about student learning to improve, make decisions on teaching and ensures that students master the topics taught. Thus, it is clear that oral questioning has a broad role in teaching, especially in assessing student learning while improving teaching quality. This study has a significant impact on teachers' instruction. The use of oral questioning needs to be intensified and expanded to enable mathematics teaching activities to be implemented more meaningfully through a formative assessment conducted through oral questioning activities.


2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nontsikelelo Msimango ◽  
Kathleen Fonseca ◽  
Nadine Petersen

Pythagoras ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Piera Biccard

This article sets out a professional development programme for primary school mathematics teachers. Clark and Hollingsworth’s model of teacher change provided the theoretical framework necessary to understand teacher change. A design study allowed for increased programme flexibility and participator involvement. Five volunteer primary school teachers teaching at South African state schools were involved in the programme for a period of one year and their pedagogy, use of mathematical content and context developed during the programme. Twenty lessons were observed over the year-long period. An observation rubric that specifically focused on mathematical pedagogy, use of context and mathematical content scale guided the researcher to gauge global changing teacher practices. Teacher growth was evident through their professional experimentation and changes in their personal domain. The design features emanating from the study are that teachers be given opportunities to experience reform tasks (e.g. model-eliciting tasks) in the role of learners themselves and teachers should be encouraged to use contextual problems to initiate concept development. More mathematical detail in lesson planning is also necessary. Furthermore, teachers need appropriately designed resource materials to teach in new ways. It is recommended that professional development includes teachers engaging collaboratively in solving rich tasks. This study adds to the growing body of knowledge regarding teacher development programmes that focus on how teachers change their own classroom practices.


2019 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 323-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eveline M. Schoevers ◽  
Paul P.M. Leseman ◽  
Esther M. Slot ◽  
Arthur Bakker ◽  
Ronald Keijzer ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gang Liu

<p>In the 21st century, with the development of information technology, the education sector has gradually integrated information technology with subject teaching to promote students’ learning efficiency. The introduction of information technology into the classroom by primary school mathematics teachers can make abstract mathematics knowledge more tangible, thus enabling students to understand and master knowledge more quickly. Nowadays, information-based teaching has become an inevitable trend. In this paper, the deep integration of information technology and primary school mathematics teaching is studied in order to improve the level of primary school mathematics teaching.</p>


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