scholarly journals Perspectivas e direcionamentos de Algumas Pesquisas Apresentadas na Terceira Edição da Conferência Internacional em Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento de Livros Didáticos de Matemática

Author(s):  
Douglas Ribeiro Guimarães ◽  
Ana Paula Perovano

ResumoO livro didático como objeto de estudo tem despertado o interesse de pesquisadores na Educação Matemática e, como resultado disso, eventos específicos ou grupos temáticos foram desenvolvidos para atender a essa crescente demanda. Assim, identificar quais focos temáticos sobre livros didáticos de matemática têm emergido nos estudos apresentados na terceira edição da Conferência Internacional em Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento de Livros Didáticos de Matemática foi o objetivo que direcionou nossa investigação. Adotamos uma abordagem qualitativa de pesquisa numa visão interpretativa dos dados e empregamos um mapeamento nos trabalhos publicados na referida conferência. Identificamos quatro categorias temáticas: análise do livro, livro digital, uso do livro e outros, contudo, neste texto, a discussão é destinada às três últimas temáticas. Os dados obtidos nos permitiram ter um panorama de como esse campo de pesquisa vem se desenvolvendo em várias partes do mundo. Diferentes perspectivas teóricas foram apresentadas na conferência e destacamos duas que foram recorrentes: a ideia do tetraedro sociodidático e a Capacidade de Design Pedagógico. No que tange às abordagens metodológicas, é predominante o paradigma da pesquisa qualitativa com o uso de vídeos, entrevistas, observação de aulas, mapeamento, análise de conteúdo e/ou a combinação de alguns desses métodos. Do que levantamos, identificamos que o campo de pesquisas sobre livros didáticos de matemática está evoluindo, ampliando as vertentes teóricas e consolidando alguns dos métodos empregados para análise e produção dos dados. Esperamos contribuir, no sentido de trazer mais elementos que possibilitem a compreensão da produção de conhecimento sobre o livro didático de matemática. Palavras-chave: ICMT. Mapeamento. Uso do Livro Didático. Livro Digital. AbstractThe textbook as an object of study has aroused the interest of researchers in Mathematics Education and, as a result, specific events or thematic groups have been developed to meet this growing demand. Thus, identifying which thematic focuses on mathematics textbooks have emerged in the studies presented in the Third International Conference on Mathematics Textbook Research and Development was the objective that guided our investigation. We adopt a qualitative approach to research in an interpretative view of the data and employ a mapping in the studies published at the referred conference. We identified four thematic categories: textbook analysis, digital textbook, textbook use and others, however, in this article, the focus is given to the last three themes. The data obtained allowed us to have an overview of how this field of research has been developing in various parts of the world. Different theoretical perspectives were presented at the conference and we highlight two that were recurrent: the idea of the socio-didactic tetrahedron and the Pedagogical Design Capacity. With regard to methodological approaches, the paradigm of qualitative research is predominant with the use of videos, interviews, class observation, mapping, content analysis and/or the combination of some of these methods. From what we have found, we identified that the field of research on mathematics textbooks is evolving, expanding the theoretical aspects and consolidating some of the methods used for data analysis and production. We hope to contribute towards bringing more elements that enable the understanding of the production of knowledge about the mathematics textbook. Keywords: ICMT. Mapping. Textbook use; Digital Textbook.

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1049-1058
Author(s):  
Muhammad Taqiyuddin

This study is a textbook analysis based on the view that textbook is a crucial aspect which should be recognized in the process of education development. Derivative topic covered on Indonesian eleventh grade’s mathematics textbook from 2008 to 2017 was chosen to be anlyzed. Furthermore, this study attempted to provide a picture of how the mathematics textbooks covered the topics. The analysis of four textbooks: 2017, 2014, 2009, and 2008 textbooks, was carried out by applying conceptual framework and “mathematical story” theory derived from literary theory. The result showed that the 2008 book had the widest range of contexts involved in derivative concept explanation. Meanwhile, all of the books were lack of discussion on derivative as a function within graph, verbal, and physics contexts. Furthermore, the narrative analysis showed that the 2017 and 2014 textbooks provide the most promising “mathematical story” for fostering reader’s curiosity. In addition, the 2017 and 2014 book also offered more multifaceted lesson in comparison with the other textbooks.


Author(s):  
Dubravka Glasnović Gracin

AbstractA mathematics textbook can be described as an officially authorized and pedagogically designed mathematics book written to provide mathematical knowledge to students. This description suggests the authority of the textbook - because it has been authorized by an administrative source and because it deals with authorized knowledge. This paper provides an overview of research on mathematics textbooks. The emphasis is on questions concerning the extent to which and how textbooks are used in mathematics education in Croatia and in the world.Research results show that mathematics textbooks are widely used in mathematics education worldwide. This finding points to the need for research on the content and structure of textbooks. Such studies are combined with the associated results on how textbooks are used in the classroom and which methods teachers apply in using textbooks in mathematics education. The results of the empirical studies show that teachers use textbooks for lesson preparation and pupils use mathematics textbooks for exercises to a great extent. These results imply that such an important role of textbooks in mathematics education deserves additional attention, with the goal of understanding and improving mathematics education.Key words: mathematics education; overview; research on textbook---SažetakMatematički udžbenik može se opisati kao službeno autorizirana i pedagoki osmiljena matematička knjiga napisana s ciljem da učenicima ponudi matematičke sadržaje. Taj opis sugerira autoritet udžbenika jer ga je autorizirao administrativni izvor i jer sadrži autorizirano znanje. Ovaj članak daje pregled istraživanja matematičkih udžbenika, a naglasak je na pitanjima u kojoj mjeri i kako se udžbenici koriste u nastavi matematike u Hrvatskoj i u svijetu.Rezultati raznih istraživanja pokazuju da se udžbenici u velikoj mjeri koriste u nastavi matematike irom svijeta. Taj nalaz ukazuje na potrebu za istraživanjem sadržaja i strukture matematičkih udžbenika. Uz to, prikazani su rezultati istraživanja o tome na koji se način udžbenici koriste u razredu i koje metode nastavnici prakticiraju prilikom upotrebe udžbenika na nastavi. Rezultati empirijskih studija pokazuju da nastavnici udžbenike većinom koriste za pripremu nastavnog sata, a učenici udžbenike koriste u najvećoj mjeri za vježbanje. Ti rezultati ukazuju na to da tako važna uloga udžbenika u matematičkom obrazovanju zaslužuje dodatnu pažnju s ciljem razumijevanja i poboljanja nastave matematike.Ključne riječi: istraživanje udžbenika; nastava matematike; pregled.


ZDM ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Rezat

AbstractOne of the most prevalent features of digital mathematics textbooks, compared to traditional ones, is the provision of automated feedback on students’ solutions. Since feedback is regarded as an important factor that influences learning, this is often seen as an affordance of digital mathematics textbooks. While there is a large body of mainly quantitative research on the effectiveness of feedback in general, very little is known about how feedback actually affects students’ individual content specific learning processes and conceptual development. A theoretical framework based on Rabardel’s theory of the instrument and Vergnaud’s theory of conceptual fields is developed to study qualitatively how feedback actually functions in the learning process. This framework was applied in a case study of two elementary school students’ learning processes when working on a probability task from a German 3rd grade digital textbook. The analysis allowed detailed reconstruction of how students made sense of the information provided by the feedback and adjusted their behavior accordingly. This in-depth analysis unveiled that feedback does not necessarily foster conceptual development in the desired way, and a correct solution does not always coincide with conceptual understanding. The results point to some obstacles that students face when working individually on tasks from digital mathematics textbooks with automated feedback, and indicate that feedback needs to be developed in design-based research cycles in order to yield the desired effects.


Author(s):  
Ιωάννα Θεοφανίδου ◽  
Αικατερίνη Βάσιου ◽  
Χαράλαμπος Λεμονίδης

Σκοπός της μελέτης ήταν να εξετάσει τη συσχέτιση των αντιλήψεων των μαθητών/τριών για το σχολικό βιβλίο των μαθηματικών της Γ΄ τάξης του δημοτικού σχολείου με τα συναισθήματα και τους στόχους επίτευξής τους. Η έρευνα πραγματοποιήθηκε σε δύο επίπεδα, ένα ποσοτικό και ένα ποιοτικό, που διεξήχθησαν ταυτόχρονα. Στην πρώτη φάση, 46 μαθητές/τριες συμπλήρωσαν ερωτηματολόγιο που αποτελούνταν από τις κλίμακες Achievement Emotions Questionnaire, Personal Achievement Goal Orientations και Mathematics Textbook Analysis. Στη δεύτερη φάση, 6 μαθητές/τριες απάντησαν σε ημιδομημένη συνέντευξη, από 13 ερωτήσεις, που σχεδιάστηκαν για τις ανάγκες της έρευνας. Τα αποτελέσματα από τις αναλύσεις συσχέτισης έδειξαν, ότι οι αντιλήψεις των μαθητών/τριών της Γ΄ τάξης του δημοτικού σχολείου για το σχολικό βιβλίο των μαθηματικών συσχετίζονται θετικά με το θετικό συναίσθημα επίτευξης, με τους στόχους μάθησης και με τους στόχους προσέγγισης της επίδοσης. Η ανάλυση περιεχομένου έδειξε, ότι οι μαθητές/τριες, παρόλο που θεωρούν το βιβλίο των μαθηματικών εύκολο και ευχάριστο, ωστόσο διαβάζουν τα μαθηματικά γιατί είναι χρήσιμα και για να ικανοποιήσουν τους άλλους (γονείς ή/και εκπαιδευτικούς). Τα αποτελέσματα καταδεικνύουν πώς το κατανοητό, ελκυστικό και ενδιαφέρον περιεχόμενο του σχολικού βιβλίου μπορεί να συμβάλει στην κινητοποίηση και ενίσχυση των θετικών συναισθημάτων επίτευξης των μαθητών/τριών και κατά συνέπεια στην αύξηση της επίδοσής τους στα μαθηματικά.


1998 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Wing

Simplistic claims about the objectivity of science have been challenged from a variety of perspectives. Evaluation of the external context of production of knowledge and the methodological approaches to posing questions and assembling evidence shows that there is no pure “science”; rather, all scientific knowledge is shaped by the social history of its production. Examples are given of how quantitative concepts in modern epidemiology influence the recognition of the causes of disease. The author uses the phenomenon of intensive swine production by vertically integrated agribusiness to illustrate how broad problems such as environmental racism, agricultural determinants of nutrition, loss of natural resources, and conditions conducive to emergence of new diseases are hidden by epidemiological approaches that fit into corporate policy perspectives. It is critically important to ask who produces epidemiological knowledge, and whose health is promoted by that knowledge.


Recent research on digital textbook use and development suggests that principles may reflect the cross-disciplinary boundaries. There are multiple examples that evidence this idea. Therefore, the purpose of this chapter is to enrich the theoretical understanding of design and to broaden the empirical research base by adopting a cross-disciplinary focus. The chapter explores the fundamental principles of digital textbooks and describes the power of cross-principles through a new metasystems method, which allows one to synthesize a functional framework consisting from self-regulation, personalization, feedback diversity, clarity, dynamicity and flexibility and ergonomic environments. These principles are assembled from general norms derived from principles of philosophy, pedagogy, psychology, cybernetics, and knowledge management. The use of cross-principles in the learning design of digital textbooks is a relatively new phenomenon, but with great potential to achieve the guaranteed learning outcomes. Conclusions and future research directions are provided at the end.


2015 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 913-930 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neiva Furlin

This article aims to contribute to the studies of research methodology. To this end, we seek to reflect on the experience of an engaged research that clearly shows the influence of the researcher’s existential trajectory on the choice of her object of study, as well as the methodological perspectives that favor the experience of intersubjectivity in the production of knowledge. The ultimate goal is to show that scientific research can be conducted based on a methodological paradigm that breaks with the subject-object dichotomy. As a reference to this discussion, we take an investigation that sought to understand how women constitute themselves as female subjects of theological knowledge and what power dynamics pervade the processes of entering and constructing a female faculty career in a place marked by hegemonic discourses and gender logics of a male social order. Therefore, we emphasize the hermeneutic perspective, as it allows to capture the meanings that female professors assign to their actions and experiences in the universe of theological knowledge. Hermeneutics as a research methodology favor the production of knowledge that is not intended as universal, but rather situated, subjective, and open to new interpretation perspectives. Such characteristics are central in the feminist epistemologies that seek to demystify the pure objectivity and universality of knowledge, showing that the subjects of knowledge are always immersed in a certain situation, position, and circumstance, and that, therefore, no knowledge is produced from nowhere.


2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-110
Author(s):  
Ratu Sarah Fauziah Iskandar ◽  
Aji Raditya ◽  
Trisna Roy Pradipta

Several factors influence the success of learning; one of them is the quality of textbooks. Textbooks have a pivotal role in learning, namely, representing the teacher's explanation in front of the class. Curricula have continuously changed because they are far from the expectations. In Indonesia, many schools have implemented an international curriculum to improve school quality. One of the curricula used is the Cambridge curriculum. This study analyzed the types of problems in the Cambridge and 2013 curriculum mathematics textbooks, especially on quadratic equations. This research utilized a six-dimensional analysis method which consists of mathematical activities, complexity level, answer form, contextual features, response types, and mathematical features. Furthermore, the data collection technique was carried out by analyzing and describing the types of questions in the 2013 curriculum and the Cambridge curriculum mathematics textbooks. The analysis focused on the quadratic equation topic in the 2013 curriculum and the Cambridge curriculum mathematics textbooks. The results shows that there is no difference between the types of problems in the 2013 curriculum and the Cambridge curriculum mathematics textbooks for quadratic equation topics. The framework of this study could be a reference for further research and used by mathematics textbook writers to create more diverse types of questions.              


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