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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 |
F(3,135)=6.945, p<.01 |
F(3,117)=7.030, p<.01 |
F(2.960,4345.052)=124.965 |
F(2.901,6176.865)=239.998 | ||||||||
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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