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 4.2.8: Perceptions of pupils’ affective attitudes towards mathematics learning as
promoted by
Group discussion

5lh grade teachers

8th grade teachers________

5ltl graders_________________

8th graders________________

N

Mean

SD

_N____

Mean

SD

N____

Mean

SD

N____

Mean

SD

Enjoyment________

48____

3.83

.69

42

3.38

.79

1479

3.12

1.23

2158

2.74

1.31

Motivation__________

48____

3.75

.81

42

3.55

.86

1479

3.12

1.24

2148

2.68

1.28

Sense of security

47____

3.70

.72

40____

3.55

.78

1474

3.11

1.23

2138

2.58

1.20

Sense of progress

48

3.71

.77

42

3.71

.71

1474

3.23

1.23

2142

2.62

1.19

Repeated
measure ANOVA

F(2.335,107.423)=.723
p>.05

F(2.141,83.515)=1.536,
p>.05

F(2.876,4221.698)=7.197,

P<.01

F(2.800,5956.455)=17.184,

P<.01

Deployment______

48____

2.46

.92

42

1.90

1.01

1464

2.41

.92

2124

rɪl

Summary of 4.2

Teaching methods were overall perceived to promote the four attitudinal aspects to
different extents, except in the case of
Whole-class discussion and Group discussion
where the differences were small. Teachers appeared to adopt teaching methods which
promoted pupils’ sense of security and sense of progress rather than enjoyment and
motivation.
Teacher explanation, Individual work, Individual help and Reading a textbook
fit this category. Pupils of both age groups shared their teachers’ view of these methods.
Generally, teachers did not adopt, or adopted very infrequently if at all, other methods
because they did not perceive these could promote sense of security and sense of
progress more than enjoyment and motivation. Teachers and pupils shared the view that
Using a computer could promote enjoyment and motivation more than sense of security
and sense of progress. Pupils, particularly 5th graders, perceived that
Practical work and
discussion could promote sense of progress more than other attitudes, while teachers
believed that this teaching method could promote enjoyment and motivation more than
sense of security and sense of progress.

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