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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measure ANOVA showed that these differences were statistically significant. Compared
with the findings for sense of security and motivation there is a greater consensus in
teacher beliefs here.

Table 4.1.4: Mean scores and Standard Deviation; a sense of progress; perceptions of
5th grade teachers

Practical
Work
(PW)

Using a
Computer
(UC)

Reading a
Textb∞k
(RT)

Teacher
Explanation
(TE)

Individual
Work
(IW)

Individual
Help
(IH)

Whole-class
Discussion
(WD)

Group
Discussion
(GD)

N

43

47

43

48

48

48

48

48

IVI

3.98

3.15

3.15

3.54

4.15

4.46

3.73

3.71

SD

.73

.72

.85

.77

.68

.77_________

.76

.77_________

The result of a repeated measure ANOVA [F (8,368)=25.30, p<. 01]

Figure 4.1.4: Pupils’ sense of progress promoted by different teaching methods;
perceptions of 5th grade teachers

I PW I UC I RT I TE I IW I IH I WD I GD I

Deployment Ofdifferent teaching methods

Table 4.1.5 and Figure 4.1.5 below Showthat Teacher explanation, Individual work, and
Individual help were nearly always (4<M<5) deployed by the teachers. They reported
that
Reading a textbook and Whole-class discussion were sometimes (3≤M<4) deployed
and that
Practical work and Group discussion were hardly ever (2≤M<3) deployed. They
reported that
Using a computer was never (1<M<2) deployed in their mathematics
classes. The results of a repeated measure ANOVA showed that these differences were
statistically significant. There was a relatively large distribution (1.0<SD) for
Reading a
textbook
and Whole-class discussion. Previous sections show that the 5th grade
teachers indicated overall that they believed that
Individual work, Individual help and
Practical work were the most likely to positively promote each of the four attitudinal

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