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

Practicalwork Teacherexplanation

Individual work

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p=.000

r=.403, p=.010

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Reading a textbook

r=.459, p=.003

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Individual help

Whole-class
discussion

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p=. 004

Group discussion

Figure 4.4.8: Correlations between teaching methods in terms of promoting pupils’
motivation: perceptions of 8^th graders

Figure 4.4.9: Correlations between teaching methods in terms of promoting pupils’ sense
of security: perceptions of 5^th grade teachers

Whole-class discussion

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Reading a textbook
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r=.589, p=.000

Teacher explanation

r=.485, p=.001

Group discussion

Individual help

Figure 4.4.10: Correlations between teaching methods in terms of promoting pupils’
sense of security: perceptions of 8^th grade teachers