scholarly journals Examining the Relations between Dance and Mathematics among First Class Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-36
Author(s):  
Mónika Pálinkás-Molnár ◽  
László Bernáth

Dance and mathematics are seemingly very distant concepts at first glance. In the theoretical parts of our study we show how strongly mathematics and spatial abilities are interrelated, including the correlation between dance and spatial abilities as well. Consequently a hypothesis derives that dance develops spatial abilities, through which it develops mathematical skills at the same time. Our research focused on first year primary school students. During the one month course we applied creative children dance and tasks of movement from drama pedagogy. Children’s abilities were measured pre- and after the course classes with a test of both mathematical and spatial skills. According to this research, we could show some improvement in mathematical skills as a result of the development, but there is no significant improvement in spatial skills. We attempted to find out about the reasons of the results we found.

IFLA Journal ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 034003522098335
Author(s):  
Pamela McKirdy

This study explores how New Zealand primary school students’ experiences of school libraries affected their attitudes towards reading for pleasure once they entered secondary school. Two hundred and seventy-six students in their first year at high school completed a survey asking about their primary school libraries. The students were asked to self-identify as keen readers, occasional readers or non-readers. The results were analysed in a spreadsheet, considering variables such as attitude to reading, former school and family background. The students were mainly positive about their libraries, but were bothered by cramped and noisy environments and books they perceived as babyish. Students from schools with a librarian were more positive about reading for fun than those from schools where the library was not prioritised. Students from a family background where reading was encouraged were more likely to maintain a positive attitude to reading by the time they reached high school.


Author(s):  
Snezana Mirkov

Investigations were conducted on learning problems using the sample of eighth-grade students of primary school (N=335). The respondents opted for one or more than seven offered statements related to: insufficient previous knowledge, insufficient studying, teaching contents (extensive, difficult unintelligible), textbook and teacher?s method of presenting the contents. On the basis of the results obtained, one-third of students have problems in mastering teaching contents of foreign language, physics and chemistry, and about one-fourth in mastering those of history and mathematics. All the mentioned causes of problems are present in varying degrees in some school subjects. The causes of learning problems are markedly present in a larger number of school subjects and they are related to some characteristics of teaching contents. Respondents point out, to a large extent, that teaching contents of technical education are uninteresting. In addition, students? responses indicate that it is necessary to improve the method for mastering the teaching contents in various school subjects i.e. methods applied in the teaching process. Subjective causes, as pointed out by students, are connected with some of the subjects they have characterized as the most difficult. Unintelligible textbook is stressed to the lowest extent as a cause of learning problems compared to other causes stated for the majority of school subjects.


2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 625-646
Author(s):  
Kati Vasalampi ◽  
Eija Pakarinen ◽  
Minna Torppa ◽  
Jaana Viljaranta ◽  
Marja-Kristiina Lerkkanen ◽  
...  

AbstractAccording to the big-fish-little-pond effect (BFLP) model, high individual academic performance in a particular subject is related to high self-concept in that subject, whereas high average classroom performance has a negative effect on self-concept. In the present study, data from Finnish primary school students in grade 3 (504 students), grade 4 (487 students), and grade 6 (365 students) are used to examine whether the assumptions of the BFLP effect model hold already in primary school. Furthermore, we examined gender differences in BFLP effect. The results showed that as expected students’ high performance in literacy and in mathematics was related to high self-concept in the same subject. Support for the negative classroom effect was small and it depended on the school subject and student’s gender. That is, a high average classroom performance already in grade 3 had a negative but small effect on boys’ self-concept in mathematics. In literacy and among girls, only little support was found for the negative classroom effect.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (SPE3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Angelina N. Pronina ◽  
Vera S. Merenkova ◽  
Stanislav E. Popov

The sample on the study of digital socialization included 316 primary school students aged 7 to 9. On the one hand, the results showed the preservation and demonstration of the content and methods of traditional socialization among younger students of all levels of Internet involvement in terms of digital socialization. This fact indicates the integration and combination of digital and traditional socialization. On the other hand, the increase in the levels of Internet involvement contributes to the replacement and transition from traditional socialization to a digital one.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Minanur Rohman

Technology and mathematics are two things that are interconnected and influence. Technology, such as computer games, can be used to describe abstract mathematical concepts so that they are more easily understood by students. Unfortunately, technology also has some undesirable impacts, such as causing students difficulties in developing their creativity to understand mathematical concepts. On the other hand, spatial ability gets less attention than educators when students are studying mathematics. This paper will discuss how teachers can help students develop their mathematical creativity and spatial ability.


2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aníbal Zaldívar-Colado ◽  
Ramón Ismael Alvarado-Vázquez ◽  
Diana Elizabeth Rubio-Patrón

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 4773
Author(s):  
Carmen M. Hernández-Jorge ◽  
Antonio F. Rodríguez-Hernández ◽  
Olena Kostiv ◽  
Pilar B. Gil-Frías ◽  
Raquel Domínguez Medina ◽  
...  

This article presents the results of an exploratory study on the relationships between the emotional competencies and attitudes towards creativity in a sample of primary school students. This study is part of a wider project on the implementation of the curricular area “Emotional Education and Creativity,” a far-reaching innovation in the educational system of the Canary Islands, Spain. A validated questionnaire for the evaluation of emotional and creative variables from the teachers’ perspectives was used. The questionnaire was given to 230 primary school teachers, who used it to assess the emotional and creative competencies of 2540 schoolchildren. A bivariate correlation was carried out to establish the relationship between these competencies, and a multiple regression analysis was used to understand the influence of emotional skills on creativity. The results obtained confirmed the close relationship between the emotional dimension and the creative construct. Specifically, it was observed that emotional awareness was the competence with the closest relationship, together with the responsibility for one’s own emotions, and the one that had the greatest weight in explaining creative competences. This result emphasizes that emotional and creative competencies complement each other and highlights the importance of working on these competencies together. We are committed to continuing with this line of research that supports an emotional conception of creativity.


Author(s):  
Francisco Gil Cuadra ◽  
Tamara Torres Prados ◽  
Ana Belén Montoro Medina

Abstract.PRIMARY SCHOOL MOTIVATION IN MATHEMATICSSeveral authors show the influence of motivation on academic performance. When students are focused on tasks learning and enjoy them (flow), they spend more time and effort. School and extracurricular activities are ideal environments for the emergence of flow experiences. They provide clear goals, and immediate feedback and challenges which match with students´ skills. In fact, when a student experiences flow by performing an activity, they choose subjects that involve this activity in later years or extracurricular activities. The importance of mathematics literacy is no longer disputed to become autonomous and critical citizens. However, on many occasions, mathematics is seen as tedious and boring. The lack of research about flow and mathematics make us to consider which mathematical tasks provoke flow to a higher percentage of primary school students in regular classes and when they attend a noncompulsory math course. Due to availability reasons, a closed questionnaire was administered to a sample of 55 primary school students of a private school and 6 primary school students who attended to a non compulsory alternative mathematics course in Almeria. The questionnaire enables to identify whether a student experienced flow, just after concluding a task. At school, a comparison was made of the flow experienced when solving tasks from the textbook, paying attention to the teacher lecture, correcting the tasks and doing complementary tasks. As for the non-compulsory math course, flow experienced with the nine kinds of tasks proposed in the course was compared. Results show that students found that the tasks more interesting and useful and had a clearer idea on what they were asked at school. That explains the higher percentage of students who flew in this environment.Key words: flow experiences, mathematics, primary educationResumen.Numerosas investigaciones ponen de manifiesto la influencia de la motivación en el aprendizaje: cuando los estudiantes están concentrados y disfrutan (experimentan flujo) realizando actividades propuestas en el aula se implican más, invirtiendo más esfuerzo. La escuela y las actividades extraescolares son entornos ideales para la aparición de experiencias de flujo: proporcionan desafíos acordes con las habilidades, metas claras y retroalimentación inmediata. De hecho, cuando un estudiante experimenta flujo realizando una actividad, elige materias que involucran dicha actividad en años posteriores y/o actividades extraescolares. Nadie discute la importancia de la alfabetización matemática en la formación de ciudadanos autónomos y críticos, sin embargo, en numerosas ocasiones, las matemáticas son vistas como algo tedioso y aburrido. Dada la escasez de investigaciones sobre flujo y matemáticas, nos planteamos: ¿con qué actividades experimentan flujo los estudiantes de primaria en el aula de matemáticas?, ¿y aquellos que asisten a clases particulares de matemáticas? Por cuestiones de disponibilidad, se administró un cuestionario cerrado que permite identificar si un estudiante ha experimentado flujo realizando una actividad, justo al concluirla, a 55 estudiantes de primaria de un colegio de Almería y a 6 estudiantes de una academia que propone un método alternativo de aprendizaje matemático. En el colegio, se comparó el flujo experimentado durante la explicación de la profesora, la resolución de ejercicios del libro de texto y la realización de otras actividades complementarias. En el caso de la academia, se analizó el programa y se recogió información relativa a cada una de los nueve tipos de tareas que se proponen en el programa. En nuestra muestra, en el colegio tenían más claro lo que se les pedía en las actividades, les parecían más útiles y más interesantes que las actividades de las clases extraescolares, lo que explica el mayor porcentaje de estudiantes en flujo en este entorno.Palabras clave: experiencias de flujo, matemáticas, educación primaria


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