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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Teacher explanation

Figure 4.2.4 and Table 4.2.4 below indicate that teachers and pupils of both age groups
perceived that
Teacher explanation promoted pupils’ sense of progress more than
enjoyment, motivation and sense of security. The deployment of
Teacher explanation
was relatively high in mathematics classes. Nonetheless, it was only in relation to sense
of progress that, overall, teachers and pupils agreed that it was positive in its effect.

Figure 4.2.4: Perceptions of pupils’ affective attitudes towards mathematics learning as
promoted by
Teacher explanation

□ enjoyment

□ motivation

□ sense of security

□ sense of progress

I 5th grade teachers 8lh grade teachers 5th graders 8th graders

Table 4.2.4: Perceptions of pupils’ affective attitudes towards mathematics learning as
promoted by
Teacher explanation

5tl grade teachers_______

8ltl grade teachers________

5ltl graders_________________

8th graders________________

N____

Mean

SD

N____

Mean

SD

N____

Mean

SD

N____

Mean

SD

Enjoyment________

48____

2.98

.79

42

3.33

.79

1478

3.43

1.23

2156

3.37

1.24

Motivation__________

47____

3.17

.89

42

3.43

.74

1479

3.30

1.27

2148

3.20

1.22

Sense of security

47

3.47

1.02

40

3.60

.78

1473

3.37

1.27

2141

3.44

1.23

Sense of progress

48____

3.54

.77

42

3.86

.72

1476

3.82

1.20

2142

3.83

1.10

Repeated
measure ANOVA

F(3,135)=6.945, p<.01

F(3,117)=7.030, p<.01

F(2.960,4345.052)=124.965
p<.01

F(2.901,6176.865)=239.998
p<.01

Deployment______

48____

4.48

.65

42_____

4.50

LJZ_

1467

3.61

1.05

2134

4.00

1.01

Individual work

As with Teacher explanation, Individual work was seen by teachers to be most positive
in relation to sense of progress and sense of security. Pupils, particularly at 5th grade,
were less positive (see Figure 4.2.5 and Table 4.2.5). There was a shared perception
that
Individual work constituted a fairly high proportion of mathematics lessons.

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