Many students undertaking courses at tertiary institutions find that lack of basic mathematical skills, or lack of confidence in these skills, is impeding their progress. This can arise with students in science, administration, geography, nursing, computing, education and many other courses. The problem can be anticipated with mature age students who are often admitted to courses lacking formal entry qualifications, but younger students are increasingly involved. The problem is not a static one but has been developing rapidly in recent years. This Field Study commenced by analysing the extent of the problem at CCAE, its past development and possible further developments in the near future. A search was then undertaken for instances of recognition of, and response to, the problem in other institutions. Instances of responses elsewhere, and of theory relating to adult learning and mathematical learning, were assessed for relevance to the CCAE situation. A response appropriate to the CCAE situation was designed, implemented, and its initial success evaluated. This response was based upon an individualised approach, involving diagnosis of individual problems and needs, self-learning materials in modular form, one-to-one tutorial assistance in a "Maths Lab", self-paced learning, testing for mastery of modules using criterion referenced tests. The evaluation undertaken indicates that this response is basically successful in the CCAE situation. However, some recommendations for the future development of the response follow from the evaluation; the most important of these involves a requirement upon students with weaknesses in their basic mathematics, to use the Lab.

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Denna studie beskriver hur en kommunal grundskola i sydvästra Indien undervisar matematik.Vår frågeställning var: Hur fungerar en indisk statlig grundskola arbetar med matematik? Vilka är lärarnas uppfattningar om skolans sätt att undervisa? För att ha möjlighet att fördjupa oss i frågorna undersökte vi även Hur lärarnas föreställningar om matematik påverkar normerna i klassrummet utifrån ramen av Yack och Cobbs normteori. Det är en kvalitativ studie där vi utförde observationer av undervisningen och intervjuer med lärare och rektorn på skolan om deras syn på matematikundervisningen, under tre veckor. Vi samlade också information om och dokumenterade deras matematikverkstad.Utifrån våra intervjuer och observationer kunde vi dra slutsatsen att samtliga på skolan arbetade med en aktivitetsbaserad undervisning där matematik lärs med hjälp av manipulativt, laborativt material. De arbetade tillsammans i ett arbetslag med en strävan att uppfylla läroplanens mål och med en gemensam arbetsmetod. Vi fann också att lärarnas värderingar och föreställningar om hur matematik ska läras ut, påverkar de normer som verkar i klassrummet.Denna studie kan inte generaliserbar eftersom detta är en fallstudie på denna skola. Dock förespråkar den indiska läroplanen att undervisningen ska ske utifrån elevnära aktiviteter, men matematikverkstaden på denna skola var speciell och utvecklad på denna skola. / For our study, we visited a Government Lower Primary School in India to inquiry about how a school in another schooling context teaches mathematics. Our research questions were: How does an Indian Government Lower Primary School work with mathematics? What are the teachers' perceptions of the school’s teaching approach? In addition to these questions and to inquire deeper into this subject, we also investigated How do the teachers’ perceptions and method of teaching connect to Yackel and Cobb’s framework of the different kinds of norms operating in the classroom?We did a qualitative study, staying at the school for three weeks to interview teachers about their method of teaching mathematics as well as observing how they were teaching mathematics and the norms that operated in the classroom. We also gathered information about their mathematics laboratory. During our interviews and observations we came to the conclusion that the school worked with activity-based learning by using manipulative materials. All teachers as well as the principal cooperatively strived to meet the curricula objectives, with the same teaching approach. We also found that the teachers’ values and beliefs about how mathematics should be taught, affect the norms operating in the classroom.This study cannot be generalised for all schools in India or even in this area. This study is a minor study which only considered one particular school which used an interesting teaching method, activity-based learning with manipulatives.

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No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Stênio Camargo Delabona - 2016.pdf: 4203075 bytes, checksum: ffd9a037190900bf6e632cebcb526297 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-03-15 / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Goiás - FAPEG / Thinking of education as a process of human formation, based on social, cultural, historical relations in an inclusive context, is a challenge for teachers and researchers in all fields of knowledge. In this sense, this research aims to contribute to the inclusive education in mathematics of students with autistic spectrum disorders. This study set out to analyze the meaning given to the geometric object of study by a student with Asperger syndrome, through the application of a pedagogical proposal, which would favor designing activities in the School Mathematics Laboratory (SML). The object of the research is mediations designed in the SML and their impact on the process of argumentation and geometric learning by a student with Asperger syndrome. The research problem consists of three questions: (1) What are the mediations designed by a teacher of Mathematics for students with Asperger syndrome involved in plane geometry activities in an SML? (2) What mediator actions emerge in collective geometrical learning activities when a student with Asperger syndrome is involved? (3) What arguments are used by a student with Asperger syndrome in solving plane geometry problems? This study takes a qualitative approach and the method used was that of a case study of observation. The procedures and methodological resources adopted in the research involved learning workshop records drawn up with the subject of the research, interviews, dialogues, record and documentary analyses. The underlying theoretical assumptions were based on the Cultural-Historical Theory. The results show evolution in the process of argumentation and in solving mathematical activities on the part of the student. This denotes better manipulation of mathematical signs and also the acquisition of scientific concepts. Mediations and social interactions between students and the teacher were crucial to the development and learning of geometrical concepts with greater meaning for the student with Asperger syndrome. As an educational product of this research, a CD was designed containing the script of all the workshops held in the SML, the planning, reasons and needs which led to its application. / Pensar a educação como um processo de formação humana, a partir das relações sociais, culturais, históricas, em um contexto inclusivo, é um desafio para professores e pesquisadores em todas as áreas conhecimento. Nesse sentido, esta pesquisa busca contribuir para o processo de educação inclusiva em relação à Educação Matemática de alunos com o Espectro Autista. O presente estudo objetivou analisar o significado dado ao objeto de estudo geométrico por um aluno com Síndrome de Asperger, a partir da aplicação de uma proposta pedagógica que valorize o desenvolvimento de atividades no Laboratório de Matemática Escolar (LME). O objeto da pesquisa é: As mediações desenvolvidas no LME e seus impactos no processo de argumentação e aprendizagem geométrico por um aluno com Síndrome de Asperger. A problemática dessa investigação é composta por três perguntas: (1) Quais são as mediações desenvolvidas por um professor de Matemática para aluno com Síndrome de Asperger, quando envolvido em atividades de geometria plana em um LME? (2) Quais são os atos mediadores que emergem em atividades coletivas de aprendizagem geométrica quando um aluno com Síndrome de Asperger nela está envolvido? (3) Quais são os argumentos utilizados por aluno com Síndrome de Asperger no desenvolvimento de problemas de geometria plana? A abordagem investigativa foi a qualitativa e o método em uso foi o estudo de caso de observação. Os procedimentos e recursos metodológicos, adotados na pesquisa, envolveram registros de oficinas de aprendizagem desenvolvidas com o sujeito da investigação, entrevistas, diálogos, registros e análise documental. Os pressupostos teóricos que a nortearam estiveram fundamentados na Teoria Histórico-Cultural. Os resultados apresentam uma evolução no processo de argumentação e resolução de atividades matemáticas por parte do estudante, o que denota uma melhor manipulação dos signos matemáticos e também a aquisição de conceitos científicos. As mediações e as interações sociais entre os alunos e o professor foram fundamentais para o desenvolvimento e para a aprendizagem de conceitos geométricos com maior significado por um aluno com Síndrome de Asperger. Como produto educacional desta pesquisa, elaboramos um CD, contendo um roteiro de todas as oficinas realizadas no LME, com o planejamento, os motivos e as necessidades que levaram à sua aplicação.