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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Table 4.2.6: Perceptions of pupils’ affective attitudes towards mathematics learning as
promoted by
Individual help

5l1 grade teachers_______

8ltl grade teachers________

5th graders________________

8lh graders________________

N____

Mean

SD

N____

Mean

SD

N____

Mean

SD

N____

Mean

SD

Enjoyment________

48

3.79

.85

42____

3.76

.82

1472

2,44

1.23

2156

2.97

1.32

Motivation__________

48

3.81

.94

42

4.05

.73

1477

2.61

1.34

2149

3.26

1.35

Sense of security

47

4.21

.81

40

4.33

.73

1473

2.75

1.37

2140

3.51

1.33

Sense of progress

48

4.46

.77

42

4.38

.62

1475

3.20

1.39

2142

4.03

1.15

Repeated
measure ANOVA

F(3,138)=18.581, p<.01

F(3,117)=10.920, p<.01

F(2.756,4029,844)=192.747
p<.01

F(2.824,6012.850)=573.563
p<.01

Deployment______

48

4.33

.63

42____

4.00

.86

1472

2.84

1.03

2134

I 3.10

1.09

Whole-class discussion

The pattern for Whole-class discussion was similar across all the attitudinal aspects for
teachers of both age groups, although 5th grade teachers perceived that this teaching
method promoted sense Ofsecurity less positively than other aspects. Pupils of both age
groups perceived that
Whole-class discussion promoted sense of progress more than
other aspects, although no average score was greater than 4 indicating only moderate
agreement (See Figure 4.2.7 and Table 4.2.7).
Whole-class discussion was perceived
as being deployed with at least moderate frequency at 5th grade, but lower at 8th grade.
At both grade levels teachers perceived greater frequencies than their pupils.

Figure 4.2.7: Perceptions of pupils’ affective attitudes towards mathematics learning as
promoted by
Whole-class discussion


3.5∙


3∙


1.5


0.5


□ enjoyment

□ motivation

□ sense of security

□ sense of progress


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

I 8lh graders


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