5th and 8th grade pupils’ and teachers’ perceptions of the relationships between teaching methods, classroom ethos, and positive affective attitudes towards learning mathematics in Japan



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4.1: Descriptive statistics of the participants’ perceptions

4.1.1: Descriptive statistics of the responses of 5th grade teachers

Enjoyment

Table 4.1.1 and Figure 4.1.1 outline the responses. They show that the teachers
believed that
Practical work promoted their pupils’ enjoyment in learning mathematics
the most (4≤M<5). They expressed neither agreement nor disagreement (3<M<4) that
Using a computer, Individual work, Individual help, Whole-class discussion, and Group
discussion
promoted their pupils’ enjoyment, and disagreement (2≤M<3) that Reading a
textbook
and Teacher explanation promoted enjoyment. The results of a repeated
measure ANOVA showed that these differences were statistically significant.

Table 4.1.1: Mean scores and Standard Deviation; enjoyment; perceptions of 5th grade
teachers

Practical
Work
(PW)

Using a
Computer
(UC)

Reading a
Textb∞k
(RT)

T eacher
Explanation
0^E)

Individual
Work
(IW)

Individual
Help
(IH)

Whole-class
Discussion
(WD)

Group
Discussion
(GD)

N

48

47

48

48

48

48

48

48

M

4.48

3.87

2.52

2.98

3.54

3.79

3.81

3.83

SD

.58

.90      ~

.87

.79__________

.74________

,85________

.82

.69

The result of a repeated measure ANOVA [F (8,368)=26.60, p<. 01]

Figure 4.1.1: Pupils’ enjoyment promoted by different teaching methods; perceptions of
5th grade teachers

PW = Practical work, UC = Using a computer, RT= Reading a textbook, TE = Teacher explanation,
IW = Individual work, IH
= Individual help, WD = Whole-class discussion, GD = Group discussion

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