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

Figure 4.4.14: Correlations between teaching methods in terms of promoting pupils’
sense of progress: perceptions of 8^th grade teachers

Practical work

r=.479, p=.002

Using a computer ;

______________'_______ Individual work

Teacher explanation

r=.397, p=.009

r=.586, --------------------

______ p_ QQQ ______ Individual help

Whole-class discussion

__________ r=.579, ____________

P=OOO

Group discussion

Figure 4.4.15: Correlations between teaching methods in terms of promoting pupils’
sense of progress: perceptions of 5^th graders