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The purpose of this research was to investigate primary mathematics teachers assessment practices in the context of the new integrated primary curriculum. This was a case study in which data were collected through classroom observations and interviews. Findings from the study revealed that teachers were able to use some of the assessment for learning strategies in their classrooms. These were communicating learning intentions and success criteria at the beginning of the lessons, making use...

This study examined the temporal relationship between attitude toward mathematics and mathematics achievement among first-year secondary (i.e. middle) school students (grade 7, about 1415 years) with a focus on sex differences in Central Uganda. Random-intercept cross-lagged panel models, based on structural equation modeling, were used to analyze data which were collected through students questionnaires and mathematics tests at three measurement points. The proportion of variance at the...

Using errors in mathematics may be a powerful instructional practice. This study explored the impact of a short-term professional development teacher training on (a) students perceptions of their mathematics teachers support in error situations as part of instruction, (b) students perceptions of error situations while learning, and (c) mathematics teachers actual error handling practices. Data were gathered from eight secondary schools involving eight teachers and 251 Form 3 (Grade 11)...

This qualitative research study explored barriers that impinged on teachers use of their knowledge of students learning styles in teaching mathematics. It was a case study of three secondary schools in the Makoni District of Manicaland Province in Zimbabwe. Participants were fifteen mathematics teachers. Results revealed that the barriers were related to the teachers, the students, the curriculum and the socio-economic status of the schools. Collaborative teaching, formation of mathematics...

Background: Assessment is one of the components and objects of research in Mathematics Education that, among various functions, ensures/promotes student learning. In this sense, the teachers' assessment action, and the teaching ways of doing it in the classroom have implications for students' learning. Objectives: This paper intends to investigate what mathematics teachers do (say they do) when they assess students in their classes. Design: a descriptive qualitative study was carried out....

This study aims to stimulate reflection on gender differences in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in higher education, assessing the situation of the years 2013 to 2017. The study seeks to identify the main causes and propose interventions to promote access and increase participation of girls and women. Being a qualitative study, data were collected through analysis of documents and relevant literature focusing on the overall situation of access to higher education of...

In spite of the place of mathematics in the Nigerian education system, the performance of students in both external and internal examinations is on the downward trend. Research on factors affecting students' achievement in mathematics has often neglected the impact of psychological variables, such as emotional intelligence, self-esteem, and self-efficacy. This study, therefore, was designed to study how emotional intelligence, self-esteem and the self-efficacy of students predict their...

It appears that students find it easier to solve problems on plain questions than worded problems in mathematics. This led the researcher to study the relationship between students' scores on plain questions and their scores on worded problems. The study was correlational. A sample of 122 final year senior secondary school students was drawn through judgemental sampling technique from public secondary schools in Bayelsa and Delta states, south-south Nigeria. The instrument had five plain...

This qualitative case study investigated four preservice secondary school teachers’ mathematical knowledge for teaching equations and the influence their mathematical knowledge for teaching had on their teaching practices. Data were generated using two open ended paper and pencil tests, semi-structured interviews, video lesson recordings, and lesson plans. I analysed the data using thematic analysis. The findings show diversity in the preservice teachers’ Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching....

This study aims to investigate the curriculum orientations of schools in Turkey and Ghana and to examine the relationship between curriculum orientations. The quantitative method (descriptive study) was adopted in this questionnaire survey-based study. This study was conducted in the Fırat University, Elazığ-Turkey and University of Education - Winneba, Kumasi-Ghana. Mean and standard deviation for the overall of the curriculum orientations and for each orientation were obtained. The results...

This study investigated a preservice secondary school teacher’s practice of orchestrating classroom discussion when teaching linear equations. Data were generated using video lesson recordings of nine lessons and were analysed using thematic analysis. Themes were developed a-priori from the theoretical framework and a-posteriori from the data. Findings show that the preservice teacher’s capacity to orchestrate classroom discussion was influenced by his mathematical knowledge for teaching. In...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to better understand the challenges involved in introducing Lesson Study (LS) into teacher education in Malawi by studying mathematics teacher educators’ (TEs’) understanding of planning for LS. Design/methodology/approach This study is a part of a wider ongoing project designed to improve the quality and capacity of mathematics teacher education in Malawi. One of its components is professional development of all mathematics TEs in Malawi using an LS...

For Nigeria to attain her Vision 20: 2020, the school curricula must change in line with the development in technology. Teachers should be able to adapt technology into the teaching and learning process. Three non-intellectual elements that affect the degree of integration of technology into teaching and learning are attitude toward computer, computer anxiety and computer self-efficacy. The study investigated attitudes towards computer, computer anxiety and gender as determinants of computer...

The use of technology has gained worldwide recognition in all professions. Teachers have resorted to several technology tools to enhance the work they do in the classroom and to facilitate the understanding of what they teach their students to enhance easy recall and for students to remember what they learn in class.

This paper examines the significance and contribution of teaching practice (TP) to the development of pre-service teachers knowledge of teaching mathematics in Zimbabwe. Education researchers, across the globe, concur that teaching practice is an important component of learning to teach. However, underachievement in mathematics the world over has been consistently high, and regardless of the long TP period in Zimbabwe, the failure rate in mathematics in Zimbabwe has always been dismal. This...

This article analyses social variables that cause student absenteeism from mathematics classes. It contrasts teachers perceptions with the perceptions of students undertaking their second and third levels of a Bachelors degree in Physics and Chemistry at the Pedagogical Graduate School (PGS) of Namibe, Angola. To perform this analysis, a Likert scale questionnaire was undertaken and descriptive and inferential statistical tests, a correlation analysis, a variance analysis, and a multivariate...

Purpose The purpose of the study is to investigate the effectiveness of applying the Flipped Classroom Instructional Model to the rural online tutoring program for Upper Elementary Mathematics. Design/methodology/approach The study took the unequal-group pretest-posttest quasiexperimental design to conduct the teaching experiment. The research setting was the Digital Partner Online Tutoring Program of National Dong-Hwa University, which was supported by the Ministry of Education of Taiwan...

This paper discusses applied research initiatives led by Save the Children in Rwanda that were used to inform advocacy and policy efforts surrounding the expansion of high quality early childhood education (ECE) services in Rwanda. Qualitative and quantitative studies were carried out around a new program focused on improving early literacy and math competencies (the Emergent Literacy and Maths Initiative (ELMI)) from 20132017. They include a Political Economy Analysis in 20132014 and...