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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A sense Ofprogress

Table 4.3.18 and Figure 4.3.14 show the teachers were more likely to perceive that
Individual work and Individual help promoted a sense of progress than their pupils.
These teaching methods had an effect size greater than .5.

Table 4.3.18: Comparison between 5th grade teachers and their pupils; a sense of
progress

5th grade teachers

5tt> graders

Effect size d___________

Individual work

M=4.15, SD=.68

M=3.46, SD=1.34

.51

Individual help

M=4.46, SD= 77_______

M=3.20, SD=1.39

.91___________________________

Figure 4.3.14: Comparison between 5th grade teachers and their pupils; perceptions of
sense of progress

PW = Practical work, UC = Using a computer, RT= Reading a textbook, TE = Teacher explanation,
IW = Individual work. IH = Individual help. WD = Whole-class discussion, GD = Group discussion

Deployment

Table 4.3.19 and Figure 4.3.15 show that the teachers were more likely to report that
Practical work, Teacher explanation, Individual work, Individual help and Whole-class
discussion
were deployed in their classes than their pupils. The effect sizes are at least
.5 and in some cases greater than 1
.

Table 4.3.19: Comparison between 5th grade teachers and their pupils; deployment

5th grade teachers____________

5ttl graders

Effect size d

Practical work

M=2.96, SD=. 77

M=2.41, SD=. 92

.60

Teacherexplanation

M=4.48, SD=. 65_______

M=3.61, SD=1.05

.83______________________

Individual work

M=4.50, SD=. 65

M=3.48, SD=1.00

1.02__________

Individual help

M=4.33, SD=. 63_______

M=2.84, SD=1.03

1.45___________________

Whole-class discussion

M=3.90, SD=1.06

M=3.26, SD=1.10

.58_____________________

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