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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Deployment Ofdifferent teaching methods

Table 4.1.11 and Figure 4.1.10 below show that 8th grade teachers reported that
Teacher explanation, Individual work, and Individual help were nearly always (4≤M<5)
deployed in their mathematics classes.
Reading a textbook was sometimes (3≤M<4)
deployed, while
Practical work and Whole-class discussion were hardly ever (2≤M<3)
deployed.
Using a computer and Group discussion were never (1<M<2) deployed. These
findings were statistically significant. A relatively large distribution (1.0<SD) existed in
relation to the frequency of deployment of
Reading a textbook, Whole-class discussion,
and Group discussion, suggesting considerable variation between teachers in the use of
these methods. Overall, the most commonly deployed method,
Teacher explanation,
was not perceived as being highly beneficial in positively promoting any of the pupils’
attitudinal responses.

Table 4.1.11: Mean scores and Standard Deviation; deployment; perceptions of 8th
grade teachers

Practical
Work
(PW)

Using a
Computer
(UC)

Reading a
Textb∞k
(RT)

Teacher
Explanation
(TE)

Individual
Work
QW)

Individual
Help
(IH)

Whole-class
Discussion
(WD)

Group
Discussion
(GD)

N

42

42

42

42

42

42

42

42

M

2.12

1.48

3.12

4.50

4.17

4.00

2.52

1.90

SD

.86

.74_________

1.27

.67

.73_________

.86________

1.13________

1.01_________

The result ofa repeated measure ANOVA [F (8, 328)=81.12, p<. 01

Figure 4.1.10: Deployment of different teaching methods in mathematics classes;
perceptions of 8th grade teachers

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

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