scholarly journals Attitudes towards math in primary school students: Differences depending on the grade and gender

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-132
Author(s):  
Antonio Valle ◽  
Bibiana Regueiro ◽  
Isabel Piñeiro ◽  
Benigno Sánchez ◽  
Carlos Freire ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
Perceived Competence ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Grade 5 ◽  
Anxiety Levels ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Negative Feelings

The main aim of this study is to check whether there are differences in some variables related to attitudes towards math in primary school students according to the course and gender. The sample consists of 897 students of the fifth and sixth year of primary education (50.2% boys and 49.8% girls). The results indicate that the boys, compared to girls, have a higher perceived competence in math, they are more intrinsically motivated extrinsic and exhibit lower levels of anxiety. As for the differences in terms of this variable, the results indicate that students in grade 5 have a higher perceived competence for math, perceive most useful, are more intrinsically motivated to this subject and show anxiety levels and some negative feelings toward the lower than grade 6. Therefore, girls show a "profile" of less adaptive than men conditions, both in terms of their perceived competition as their motivation towards math and also in terms of the emotions associated with this matter. As for the differences depending on the course, students from grade 5 are those with a much more positive attitudinal and motivational conditions than grade 6.

scholarly journals Attitudes towards math in primary school students: Differences depending on the grade and gender

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-132
Author(s):  
Antonio Valle ◽  
Bibiana Regueiro ◽  
Isabel Piñeiro ◽  
Benigno Sánchez ◽  
Carlos Freire ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
Perceived Competence ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Grade 5 ◽  
Anxiety Levels ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Negative Feelings

The main aim of this study is to check whether there are differences in some variables related to attitudes towards math in primary school students according to the course and gender. The sample consists of 897 students of the fifth and sixth year of primary education (50.2% boys and 49.8% girls). The results indicate that the boys, compared to girls, have a higher perceived competence in math, they are more intrinsically motivated extrinsic and exhibit lower levels of anxiety. As for the differences in terms of this variable, the results indicate that students in grade 5 have a higher perceived competence for math, perceive most useful, are more intrinsically motivated to this subject and show anxiety levels and some negative feelings toward the lower than grade 6. Therefore, girls show a "profile" of less adaptive than men conditions, both in terms of their perceived competition as their motivation towards math and also in terms of the emotions associated with this matter. As for the differences depending on the course, students from grade 5 are those with a much more positive attitudinal and motivational conditions than grade 6.

scholarly journals Success in Mathematics and Academic Wellbeing in Primary-School Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 3796 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susana Rodríguez ◽  
Bibiana Regueiro ◽  
Isabel Piñeiro ◽  
Antonio Valle ◽  
Benigno Sánchez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Perceived Competence ◽  
Mastery Motivation ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Multidimensional Construct ◽  
Perceived Utility ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Positive Indicators ◽  
Negative Feelings

The main aim of this study was to analyse possible differences in academic wellbeing on the basis of prior academic achievement in mathematics. We conceptualised wellbeing as a multidimensional construct covering both negative indicators, namely, anxiety and negative feelings, and positive indicators, namely, perceived competence, perceived utility, and mastery motivation. Success in mathematics is expected to be associated with better academic wellbeing. The sample consisted of 897 students from the fifth and sixth years of primary school (50.2% boys and 49.8% girls). Results suggested that success in mathematics is linked to a student’s academic wellbeing, in such a way that perceived competence in the subject, perception of usefulness of mathematical content, and mastery motivation was higher in students with better previous performance. Anxiety and negative feelings were also lower when success in mathematics increased. Considering the particular anxiety–self-efficacy interaction suggested by previous research, we concluded that a good way to change negative academic wellbeing would be to increase successful experiences to foster perceived competence, especially in students with high academic anxiety.

scholarly journals THE IMPORTANCE OF FEATURES FORMING THE SYSTEM OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT NATURE

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-107
Author(s):  
Rita Makarskaitė-Petkevičienė
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
Natural Science ◽  
Natural Object ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
Feature Identification ◽  
School Students ◽  
Natural Science Education ◽  
Object Features

Today, increasingly more attention is given to knowledge construction. In this article it is discussed how much nature, its objects and phenomena features are important forming a certain system of knowledge about nature. Research show that features cannot be ignored, one should focus and reconsider how our students are guided towards feature identification. During the first years of life, the child already experiences specific environmental features. Later, the knowledge of features (to remember, cognize, define…) and understanding (to retell, explain...) guide further: teach to compare, group, classify. The analysis aim was to give methodological advice to primary school teachers and to all interested in natural science education on how to teach students to cognize and understand the features of natural objects, phenomena and to develop comparison, grouping and classification abilities. Aims: 1) to discuss what it is a feature; 2) to analyse what the feature’s expression is in preschool and pre-primary education programmes; 3) to present activity episodes, task examples on how to teach during nature cognition lessons to recognize features according to which the procedures of comparison, grouping, and classification are possible. Introducing what the feature is, the synonyms of features are introduced as well (feature, peculiarity, criterion, symptom), it is explained what the feature defines, what the difference is between quantitative and qualitative features. Discussing the feature expression in education programmes, 4 programmes were analysed on this question (preschool, pre-primary school, primary school world cognition programme and standardised world cognition programme). Clarity, accuracy, attention to detail of the discussed question has been noticed in the standardised world cognition programme. The questions of how to teach primary school students to be observant and to find natural object features, and what to do having found them are shared in the third part of the article. Several concrete recommendations are given here on how to teach to recognize some or other animate and inanimate natural object and phenomena features. Together are presented orientation questions, objective commentaries, possible students’ answers because the author has already tried these activities with the primary school students. Keywords: natural science education, classification abilities, comparison abilities, object features, primary education.

scholarly journals Disruptive Behavior Programs on Primary School Students: A Systematic Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 995-1009
Author(s):  
Diego Martín Retuerto ◽  
Iker Ros Martínez de Lahidalga ◽  
Irantzu Ibañez Lasurtegui
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Disruptive Behavior ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
Intervention Programs ◽  
Large Network ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
Education Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Extensive Information

The objective of this study was to review the existing international literature on research and programs for the reduction of disruptive behavior in primary school students. For this purpose, according to PRISMA-ScR, a mixed systematic review was performed in six databases in order to obtain wide and extensive information related to the subject under study. The studies obtained were analyzed through a table which emphasized the data related to: Author(s), year, educational stage, location, objectives, instruments, and results. As for the selection of studies, the UNESCO Thesaurus and the ERIC Thesaurus terminology was used. In addition to specifying the search for studies performed between 2004 and 2020 (both inclusive), articles written in Spanish and English were selected. Furthermore, in a final phase among the articles analyzed, those that were not or did not contain intervention programs were discarded. Therefore, a total of thirty-five articles out of more than twenty thousand were analyzed in depth. The results showed that a majority of programs were implemented in the primary education stage, as well as a predominance of the use of instruments, such as questionnaires and observation charts. In addition, it is important to underline that 77.14% of the programs analyzed were effective, hence, they met the proposed objectives. In summary, although the number of intervention programs for the reduction of disruptive behavior that can be found in the international scientific literature is growing, there is still a long way to go in order to create a large network that can serve as a foundation for interventions in primary education students.

scholarly journals Emotional Competencies in Primary Education as an Essential Factor for Learning and Well-Being

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 8591
Author(s):  
Èlia López-Cassà ◽  
Felicidad Barreiro Fernández ◽  
Salvador Oriola Requena ◽  
Josep Gustems Carnicer
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Emotional Competencies ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Emotional Education

Numerous contributions corroborate the need to include emotional education and the development of emotional competencies at school to improve students’ school learning and well-being. The present study aims to learn more about the development of emotional competencies in primary school students, taking into account gender differences across different cycles and analyzing the potential link with students’ overall academic performance. Participants were 2389 primary school students (51.2% boys and 48.8% girls), aged from 6 to 12, from 21 public and semi-private schools in Spain. The study is a non-experimental quantitative study, using an ex-post-facto descriptive method. The Emotional Development Questionnaire (CDE 9-13), the Emotional Competencies Observation Scale, and the overall grade point average were applied to the sample. The results show significant differences in favor of girls in the development of most emotional competencies in all three educational cycles. Differences were also observed in academic performance by gender in the primary school cycle, with girls achieving higher grades. At the same time, positive correlations were found between academic performance and emotional competencies. The results confirm the importance of including emotional education in primary education.

scholarly journals THE FEATURES OF TEACHERS’-TO-BE OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING FOR THE REALIZATION OF PRIMARY SCHOOL LANGUAGE AND LITERARY EDUCATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (9(77)) ◽  
pp. 311-314
Author(s):  
Zoia Stoliar
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
School Students ◽  
Occupational Training ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Literary Education ◽  
Didactic Material

The article covers topical issues of occupational training of those for those attaining higher education in “Primary Education”. It is noted that the teaching process aimed at training primary school teachers-to-be for the implementation of primary school students’ language and literary education should be planned in various directions. Class activities (lectures, seminars) and task planning for independent work should be aimed at mastering theoretical information on language education, linguistics, literary studies, appropriate vocabulary of the teachers-to-be and, above all, at forming communicative competence of students themselves, which is a key. It stands to mention that the priorities of primary education set out in regulations clearly outline the competence that needs to be formed in primary school students when they study the Ukrainian language and literature. After completing the integrated courses of “Literacy”, “Ukrainian”, “Literary reading”, students must master and be able to effectively undertake all types of speech activities, skillfully use the Ukrainian language in typical and atypical everyday situations and in training communication, all in all, they should be shaped language individuals. Therefore, primary school teachers’-to-be occupational training should facilitate an adequate level of mastery of the Ukrainian language as a system and the Ukrainian literary language standards that teachers-to-be follow during verbal and written communication to form the virtuosity of choosing quality didactic material.

scholarly journals Formation of content modules for teaching artificial intelligence in the basic school

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-237
Author(s):  
Irina V. Levchenko ◽  
Polina A. Merenkova
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
General Education ◽  
Primary School ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Educational Material ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Grade 5 ◽  
Basic School

Problem and goal. The problem of insufficient substantive provision of training of primary school students in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) is considered. The goal is to identify and describe the basic didactic elements within the content modules, as well as to identify the intrasubject and intersubject connections that are realized in the course of teaching the elements of AI in the main school. Methodology. A set of methods was used: analysis of international experience (USA, China, England, Germany, Israel, Russia); analysis of documents defining requirements for the implementation of basic educational programs; analysis of textbooks; research of ready-made software solutions applicable in the process of teaching the basics of AI to primary school students; reflection of the content of the knowledge gained. Results. The study made it possible to identify learning opportunities in the field of AI for students starting from grade 5, regardless of the availability of teaching hours allocated for compulsory informatics education, due to the variability of general education. An analysis of informatics textbooks for basic school showed that teaching the basics of AI should be implemented taking into account intrasubject connections with informatics. This approach will make it possible to carry out a supporting, expanding or propaedeutic function of teaching AI elements in relation to the main course of informatics. In the process of forming meaningful modules for teaching the elements of AI to primary school students, starting from grade 5, didactic elements were identified, the development of which must be organized taking into account interdisciplinary connections with general education disciplines. The content of educational material in the field of AI should be mastered through the most expedient types of activity in the context of the system-activity approach, which will allow to form personally significant know- ledge and skills of students, to develop their creative abilities. Conclusion. The results of the study made it possible to substantiate the expediency of teaching the elements of AI to primary school students, starting from grade 5. Various options for including in the basic school curriculum issues related to the basics of AI, taking into account the existing experience of teaching schoolchildren in the field of informatics, were identified.

scholarly journals Introduction To Social Norms That Is Implemented In The Process Of Greetings For Primary School Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 02 (12) ◽  
pp. 174-179
Author(s):  
Maryambibi Djumaniyazovna Abdullaeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Norms ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Social Research ◽  
International Study ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
World Community ◽  
The World

In this article, the issue of introducing social norms that should be followed in the process of greeting students in the primary education system of Uzbekistan is examined. The international study of the custom of greeting for all peoples and its importance in the world community, in particular, the peculiarities of this custom in the Uzbek nation, the state of scientific and social research will be analyzed. The topic will discuss verbal units of greeting, gestures, as well as prohibited situations in the process. In the process of harmonious teaching and upbringing, special attention is paid to the habit of greeting in primary school, so the importance of correct and timely formation of this habit is emphasized.

scholarly journals Serious Games in Preschool and Primary Education: Benefits And Impacts on Curriculum Course Syllabus

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (01) ◽  
pp. 44 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Papanastasiou ◽  
Athanasios Drigas ◽  
Charalabos Skianis
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
School Settings ◽  
Education Benefits

Serious Games (SGs) indicate positive effects on Preschool and Primary school students and promote a multi sensory style of learning. This review paper explores the integration of Serious Games in the area of Preschool and Primary Education, in the last decade (2006-2016). The studies were carried out on Preschool and Primary school settings, respectively. Research showed that Serious Games are able to keep all students engaged in classroom facilities, scaffolding their learning through increased motivation, independence, autonomy and resultant self-esteem. Serious Games Based Learning (GBL) has proven its added value in almost every aspect of the curriculum.

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