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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conception of the effects of different teaching methods compared to the perceptions of
their teachers (see Figure 4.4.3 in appendix). 8th graders appeared to have similar
perceptions to 5th graders in that teaching methods fell into two groups. One group
consisted of
Whole-class discussion, Group discussion, Practical work and Using
computer,
and the other consisted of Reading textbook, Teacher explanation, Individual
work
and Individual help. The degree of coherence in each group was much greater than
that reported by 8th grade teachers (see Figure 4.4.4 in appendix).

Motivation

Figure 4.4.5 shows that there were significant moderate positive correlations between
several teaching methods in the perceived promotion of motivation in the responses of
5th grade teachers. They appeared to have a relatively integrated perception of the
effects of the teaching methods. There were positive relationships between
Teacher

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