I detta arbete används begreppet ”kvalitativt god matematikundervisning” i syfte att ringa in matematikundervisning som är framgångsrik och leder till meningsfullt lärande i matematik. Mot bakgrund av att svenska skolelevers resultatnedgång i matematik väcker frågor kring vad kvalitativt god matematikundervisning är, syftar denna studie till att: beskriva vad som kan anses utgöra kvalitativt god undervisning i matematik och försöka överföra beskrivningen till en för lärare användbar undervisningsmodell. För studiens genomförande har forskningsfrågorna varit: Vad kännetecknar kvalitativt god matematikundervisning? och vilka roller och ansvar innebär kvalitativt god matematikundervisning för läraren och eleverna? En metaanalytisk inspiration ligger till grund för en metodologi baserad på systematisk översyn av aktuell svensk matematikdidaktisk forskning. I urvalet ingår sju doktorsavhandlingar och en vetenskaplig rapport publicerade mellan åren 2006 och 2013. Granskningen utav de åtta forskningspublikationerna visar att kvalitativt god matematikundervisning kännetecknas utav en kommunikativt vital undervisningsmiljö där gemensamma och utforskande aktiviteter används för att etablera en konceptuell förståelse i matematik. I kvalitativt god matematikundervisning behandlas öppna och matematiskt rika problem som kräver tolkningsförmåga och tränar elever i att matematisera sitt språk och sitt tänkande. Läraren bör eftersträva insyn i hur elevernas uppfattningar och matematiska förståelser är beskaffade genom hela undervisningsförloppet för att bemöta dem med relevant återkoppling. Läraren arbetar som en ciceron och erbjuder elever möjligheter till lärande genom att bjuda in till möten med matematiska lärandeobjekt. Eleverna är aktiva och delaktiga i diskussioner och återkopplingar genom undervisningen och fungerar därmed både som sina egna, varandras och lärarens resurser. Matematikundervisningens olika kvalitetsaspekter sammanfattas i en modell med viss potential att fungera även som lektionsmall. Modellens och resultatens giltighet diskuteras mot tidigare forskning vilket åskådliggör likheter med faktorer för framgångsrik undervisning överlag, ej enbart i matematik.

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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 74-81).

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No. of bitstreams: 1 rodrigues_afb_me_sjrp.pdf: 2537389 bytes, checksum: 0483db11d6f1bf523f39dd9b62ecec21 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-08-17 / Essa pesquisa tem como cenário de investigação a Escola Maria Peregrina, uma escola confessional situada no município de São José do Rio Preto, interior do estado de São Paulo, que trabalha com uma proposta metodológica pautada na Pedagogia de Projetos. O objetivo é investigar se os principais pressupostos da organização e do desenvolvimento curricular da referida escola favorecem o que Longhi (2005) defende como Ação Educativa na perspectiva do Agir Comunicativo de Jürgen Habermas. Trata-se de um estudo de caso único de natureza qualitativa. Estabelece-se um diálogo entre as teorias do currículo e a legislação para o ensino de matemática, tendo como referencial a Ação Educativa na perspectiva do Agir Comunicativo, pois, por se tratarem de crianças e adolescentes, não se pode esperar que o ideal da Ação Comunicativa se concretize, tal como supõe Habermas, para acontecer entre e por adultos. Os dados foram constituídos por meio de levantamento documental, no qual foram analisados Itinerários Propostos dos projetos, fichas de Comentário do Tutor e/ou Orientador Educativo sobre Atividade do aluno, fichas das auto avaliações dos alunos e o diário (caderno) de anotações do professor especialista da inteligência lógico-matemática. Foi também realizado um levantamento de práticas, no qual foram analisadas a escolha do projeto, a construção do Itinerário Proposto, a maneira como acontecem os plantões de aprendizagem e as Avaliativas formais e informais. As análises dos dados evidenciaram que ações desenvolvidas na Escola Maria Peregrina, tais como a maneira de abordar o Currículo de Matemática do Estado de São Paulo, a relação professor-aluno ao elaborar o Itinerário Proposto e o modo como é tratada a avaliação da aprendizagem, fazem da Ação Educativa uma possibilidade de Agir Comunicativo entre crianças e adolescentes. / This research has as its investigative scenario the Maria Peregrina School, a confessional school located in São José do Rio Preto, in the interior of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The pedagogic program of the school is built on project-based learning. The objective of the study is to investigate if the main assumptions of the organization and curriculum development of the school offer ways to develop what Longhi (2005) states as Educational Action in the perspective of Communicative Action of Jürgen Habermas. This is a qualitative case study. The research explores a dialogue between curriculum theories and policies for mathematics teaching, regarding as theoretical framework the notion of Educational Action as Communicative Action. Since the participants are children and adolescents, the ideal of Communicative Action can not be expected to de materialized as Habermas supposes to happen between and by adults. The data were constituted by document analysis, which considered Project Itineraries, Tutor Comments and/or Educational Advisor on Student Activity, student self-assessment fact notes, and notebook (diary) of specialist teacher’s notes on logical-mathematical intelligence. It was also conducted a analysis of practices considering the choice of the project, the construction of the Proposed Itinerary, the way in which the learning sessions occur, and assessment and evaluation. The analysis of the data showed that actions developed at the Maria Peregrina School, such as the way to approach the Mathematics Curriculum of the State of São Paulo, the teacher-student relationship in elaborating the Proposed Itinerary and the way in which the evaluation of learning is handled, offered ways for Educational Action as a possibility of Communicative Action among children and adolescents.

Teachers’ everyday practices are embedded in school contexts in which their teaching autonomy is constrained by rules, moral obligations, physical settings,and official directives. When a curricular revision mandated that programming was to be a part of mathematics in upper secondary education, teachers’ conditions changed. How teachers adapted to the new curriculum and how they navigated the tensions and contradictions that they encountered is in this thesis analyzed in terms of teachers’ tactics and policy strategies. The overall goal of the investigation is to contribute to a critical understanding of how mathematics teachers integrate programming in their professional practice and how this integration aligns and diverges from the intentions behind the reform. The empirical material is drawn from nine individual interviews with mathematics teachers that were already proficient in programming. The teachers’ unit plans and other lesson materials featuring programming activities served as a trigger point to delve into further reflections upon their own professional practices. To complete the scene, the policy documents were also examined. These included the mathematics curriculum, as well as related official documents and a collection of institutionally sanctioned programming exercises and demonstrations. Two tactical approaches were made apparent when mathematics teachers began to integrate computer programming in their subject: Dual teaching and Interspersed programming. The teacher’s use of dual teaching practices or interspersed programming are tactics shaped by and in response to the conditions of the new curriculum and their own preferences and views on student learning. These two tactics disclose different ontological commitments in relation to the strategies dictated by the curriculum and reflect a cardinal distinction between planning mathematics activities with elements of programming and planning programming activities with elements of mathematics. Of relevance for teachers and curriculum designers is the understanding of (a) how the notion of programming and mathematics as separate subjects oversimplifies teachers’ actual integration practices, and (b) how the curricular choices made by policy can shape the teaching tactics adopted by educators.

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The relationship between video games and learning is a topic of interest for academic fields. But how can a voluntary activity, like playing video games, motivate students to be academically productive? This dissertation used the popular video game, Minecraft, to measure the intrinsic motivation of 7th and 8th grade students in mathematics class, using a Self-Determination Theory (SDT) framework. The results demonstrated that intrinsic motivation remained at high levels, as long as students are competent in game controls and were relatively free to do what they wanted within the general guidelines in the video game environment. Second, the role of social presence contributed to immersion in the video game environment and played a role in the continued motivation to play. Third, although there was no impact on rote measures of learning, such as memorizing vocabulary definitions, the Minecraft video game environment affected students’ ability to problem solve, as was evidenced by pre- and post-tests of rote and conceptual learning. / Media & Communication

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"To discuss the effect all this war activity has had upon the Dallas Schools and to voice a protest against those who seek to discredit mathematics and at the same time to contribute a readable thesis upon the subject is largely the purpose of this study." --leaf 2