ONE POINT OF VIEW: Aren't We Doing Something Right?

1980 ◽  
Vol 27 (7) ◽  
pp. 4-5
Author(s):  
James W. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Teachers ◽  
Mathematics Teaching ◽  
Point Of View

There is plenty wrong with our mathematics programs and our mathematics teaching. I do not wish to deny this fact. But, I feel the more serious problem is that we mathematics teachers have come to seek out and emphasize the negative. There are several pitfalls in this attitude.

scholarly journals Planning in mathematics teaching – a varied, emotional process influenced by others

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Helena Grundén
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Teachers ◽  
Mathematics Teaching ◽  
Interview Study ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
Emotional Process ◽  
Analytical Tools

Planning is an essential part of teachers’ work that has consequences for students’ learning. However, previous research shows that what it means to plan vary. To explore the meaning of planning from teachers’ point of view, and to open up for planning as a situated and emotional process, an interview study with Swedish mathematics teachers was conducted. In the analysis, the theoretical concepts, meaning, and emotions were used as analytical tools to fill the gap identified in the review of previous research about planning.  Findings reveal planning as a varied process in which teachers draw on different resources. Actors other than teachers influence both how planning is done and the mathematics teaching that is planned for. Findings also reveal that feelings, such as joy, shame, and insufficiency, are present in the process of planning. These feelings sometimes have consequences for decisions teachers make about their mathematics teaching.

scholarly journals Culturally Responsive Mathematics Teaching and Young Learners

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-35
Author(s):  
Katherine Baker
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Teachers ◽  
Culturally Responsive Teaching ◽  
Mathematics Teaching ◽  
Culturally Responsive ◽  
Elementary Mathematics ◽  
Cultural Responsiveness ◽  
Responsive Teaching ◽  
Young Learners ◽  
Common Practices ◽  
Elementary Mathematics Instruction

This abbreviated literature review features studies regarding elementary mathematics instruction and the mathematics teachers that act in ways that lend to and further cultural responsiveness. Teachers presented in the review utilized a pedagogical style referred to as responsive teaching (Empson, 2014) and studies were re-read and analyzed with a lens of cultural responsiveness, specifically that of culturally responsive teaching (CRT). The analysis exposed common practices across this vein of mathematics teaching that uphold the tenets of cultural responsiveness. The value that this form of instruction holds for young learners is also presented.

scholarly journals Developing a Handbook on Multimedia Integration in Mathematics Teaching for Indonesian Primary School Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 236-251
Author(s):  
Herry Agus Susanto ◽  
Hobri Hobri ◽  
Theresia Kriswianti Nugrahaningsih
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Mathematics Teachers ◽  
Mathematics Teaching ◽  
Elementary Level ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mathematical Skills ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Technological Integration ◽  
Research Analysis

This study has developed a digital mathematics handbook that helps students to strengthen their mathematical skills at the elementary level of education. A survey of mathematics teachers collected data. In developing an integration manual on technology based on a survey of the state of technological integration in schools, it employed a research and development (RD) approach. A number of 24 teachers participated in the material creation. The multimedia materials produced during the trial were developed and used. Participants consisted of primary learning children. Results have shown that the trainers' preferred theory is undergraduate, and most of them have a poor capacity to integrate creativity into a research analysis. In the presentation of the under-graduates in mathematics the material produced was extremely good.

scholarly journals The importance and constraints of using mathematics teaching and learning sites from the point of view of mathematics teachers in the middle stage in Riyadh: مدى أهمية ومعوقات استخدام مواقع تعليم وتعلم الرياضيات من وجهة نظر معلمات الرياضيات في المرحلة المتوسطة بمدينة الرياض

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Asma Nasser Al - Saeed - Amal Sulaiman Aldghaim - Samar Fahd
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Teachers ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Intermediate Stage ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Educational Standards ◽  
Middle Stage ◽  
Evaluation Form ◽  
Riyadh City ◽  
Human Sample ◽  
Descriptive Method

The aim of this research is to find out the extent to which the mathematics teachers of the intermediate stage benefit from the teaching and learning sites of mathematics, and to find the most used sites by mathematics teachers, and then study and evaluate these sites in the light of technical and educational standards for educational sites. The researchers used two tools to collect the study information, a questionnaire to identify the extent to which they benefited from the learning and learning sites of mathematics, and an evaluation form to determine the extent to which these sites are subject to technical and educational controls. The researcher applied the research using descriptive method, with the sample of the research divided into two parts: a human sample of (14) teachers of mathematics for the middle stage in Riyadh city, the second was an electronic sample of (5) mathematical sites, the research concluded the importance of these sites for the parameters , And the evaluation form showed the availability of technical and educational standards in these sites. The research recommended the establishment of a database of these educational sites on the Internet, so that teachers can benefit from them, and the need for teachers, especially mathematics teachers, to understand the importance of these sites as an activity that serves the educational content.

scholarly journals Mathematics Teachers’ Beliefs about Inquiry-based Learning after a Professional Development Course–An International Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katja Maass ◽  
Malcolm Swan ◽  
Anna-Maria Aldorf
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Mathematics Teachers ◽  
Mathematics Teaching ◽  
Influencing Factor ◽  
International Study ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Inquiry Based Learning ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Teachers Beliefs ◽  
Development Course

Inquiry-based learning (IBL) is a more student-centered approach to mathematics teaching that is recommended by many policy and curriculum documents across Europe. However, it is not easy for teachers to change from a more teacher-centered way of teaching to inquiry-based teaching as this involves a change of their role in class. Professional development courses are one way to help teachers with this endeavor. Within the discussion of effective professional development, beliefs are often named as an important influencing factor. In this respect, much research has been carried out on how beliefs on mathematics teaching impact the outcomes of the course. However, there has been much less research on what beliefs mathematics teachers develop on inquiry-based learning and how this might impact their (perceived) classroom teaching. Therefore, this paper presents an international research study carried out within the European Project Primas, in which professional development courses on inquiry-based learning were conducted in 12 countries. Using the case-study approach, this paper aims at answering the following questions: 1. What kind of beliefs about IBL do mathematics teachers across Europe develop? 2. How do these beliefs relate to teachers’ perceived enactments of IBL?

scholarly journals VALIDATION OF MATHEMATICS TEACHING PRACTICE INSTRUMENTS AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL MATHEMATICS TEACHERS: EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS (EFA)

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (36) ◽  
pp. 56-69
Author(s):  
Norkumalasari Othman ◽  
Nor Hasnida Che Md Ghazali ◽  
Mohd Nazir Md Zabit
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Mathematics Teachers ◽  
Mathematics Teaching ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Secondary School Mathematics ◽  
Bartlett Test ◽  
Value Measure

This study aims to review the instruments of mathematics teaching practice among secondary school mathematics teachers. A total of 100 mathematics teachers were involved as respondents in this study. The data were analyzed descriptively by access to Alpha Cronbach's reliability and EFA analysis using SPSS software. The results of the analysis show that the Alpha Cronbach value is 0.934 which is more than 0.60. Results from the exploration factor analysis show four factors with Eigenvalues greater than 1.0. The KMO value (Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin) 0.867 > 0.6 indicates the items in the variable of attitude towards math are sufficient for inter-correlation. While the Bartlett Test was significant (Chi-Square 1521.621, p <0.05), an anti-image value (Measure of Sampling Adequacy, MSA) for items correlation exceeded 0.6. However, there are three items that need to be removed because the values obtained are less than 0.60, which were the items G11, G14, and G18. The value of the total variance explained by these three factors was 62.76 percent. Therefore, the overall findings indicate that the items for mathematics teaching practice instruments can measure and answer the study objectives.

scholarly journals Ações da formadora e a dinâmica de uma comunidade de prática na constituição/mobilização de TPACK Actions of professor and the dynamics of a community of practice in the constitution/mobilization of TPACK

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Márcia Cristina De Costa Trindade Cyrino ◽  
Loreni Aparecida Ferreira Baldini
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Content Knowledge ◽  
Mathematics Teachers ◽  
Mathematics Teaching ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge ◽  
Pedagogical Content ◽  
Mutual Engagement ◽  
Education Process

O objetivo do presente artigo é identificar as ações da formadora e a dinâmica de uma Comunidade de Prática de Formação de Professores de Matemática - CoP- FoPMat que contribuíram para constituição/mobilização de Conhecimentos Tecnológicos e Pedagógicos do Conteúdo – TPACK. Para tanto, foi realizada uma investigação qualitativa de cunho interpretativos da prática dessa comunidade no empreendimento de discutir modos de integrar o software GeoGebra no ensino de matemática. Os resultados evidenciaram que as ações da formadora e a dinâmica da CoP promoveram o engajamento mútuo de seus membros no processo de formação, a constituição de um repertório específico que fomentou a construção/mobilização de conhecimentos necessários para integração tecnologias digitais no ensino de Matemática.The purpose of this article is to identify the actions of the professor and the dynamics of a Community of Practice of Mathematics Teachers Education - CoP-FoPMat that contributed to the constitution/mobilization of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge - TPACK. Therefore, a qualitative research of interpretation nature of practice episodes of this community in the project to discuss ways of integrating GeoGebra software in mathematics teaching was done. The results showed that the actions of the professor and dynamics of CoP promoted the mutual engagement of its members in the education process, the establishment of a specific repertoire that fomented the construction/mobilization expertise to integrate digital technologies in mathematics education.

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