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 4.3.23 and Figure 4.3.19 show that 8th grade teachers were more likely to perceive
that
Practical work, Whole-class discussion and Group discussion promoted sense of
progress than their pupils, with an effect size greater than .5. Only in the case of
Reading a textbook was there any more positive response from pupils.

Figure 4.3.19: Comparison between 8th grade teachers and their pupils; perceptions of a
sense of progress



Table 4.3.23: Comparison between 8th grade teachers and their pupils; a sense of
progress

8th grade teachers____________

8lt1 graders______________________

Effect size d___________________

Practical work

M=3.57, SD=. 83

M=2.75, SD=1.26

.65_________________

Whole-class discussion

M=3.45, SD=. 74

M=2.52, SD=1.15

.81_____________

Group discussion

M=3.71, SD=.71       ^

M=2.62, SD=1.19

.92______________________

Deployment

Table 4.3.24 and Figure 4.3.20 show that 8th grade teachers reported more frequent
deployment of
Practical work, Individual help and Whole-class discussion than their
pupils. The differences in perceptions of deployment of different methods were less than
at 5th grade but were still substantial.

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