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Korean elementary school students’ English learning demotivation: a comparative survey study 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Tae-Young Kim 《Asia Pacific Education Review》2011,12(1):1-11
This study explores Korean elementary school students’ decreased motivation for English learning by analyzing the questionnaire
data obtained from 6,301 students in a large city in South Korea. The students’ school grades and their prior experience in
private institutes were considered as the major factors behind the decrease in their motivation. There was a statistically
significant and consistent decrease in the students’ satisfaction with their English learning experience; expectation of ultimate
success in English; and intrinsic/extrinsic motivation and integrative/instrumental motivation. Prior experience in attending
private institutes had a substantial impact on the students’ motivation. Those who attended private institutes (hakwons) exhibited higher levels of instrumental and intrinsic motivation. However, in terms of other motivational constructs of
integrative and extrinsic (parental, academic) motivation, private instruction had a negligible or negative impact. By comparing
the results with those of Lamb (2007), the present study proposes that Korean students should be made to internalize the beneficial role played by English so
that their English learning motivation can be maintained. 相似文献
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Joanna O. Masingila Samson M. Muthwii Patrick M. Kimani 《International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education》2011,9(1):89-108
This study examined standard 6 and 8 (Standards 6 and 8 are the sixth and eighth years, respectively, of primary level schooling
in Kenya.) students’ perceptions of how they use mathematics and science outside the classroom in an attempt to learn more
about students’ everyday mathematics and science practice. The knowledge of students’ everyday mathematics and science practice
may assist teachers in helping students be more powerful mathematically and scientifically both in doing mathematics and science
in school and out of school. Thirty-six students at an urban school and a rural school in Kenya were interviewed before and
after keeping a log for a week where they recorded their everyday mathematics and science usage. Through the interviews and
log sheets, we found that the mathematics that these students perceived they used outside the classroom could be classified
as 1 of the 6 activities that Bishop (Educ Stud Math 19:179–191, 1988) has called the 6 fundamental mathematical activities and was also connected to their perception of whether they learned
mathematics outside school. Five categories of students’ perceptions of their out-of-school science usage emerged from the
data, and we found that 4 of our codes coincided with 2 activities identified by Lederman & Lederman (Sci Child 43(2):53,
2005) as part of the nature of science and 2 of Bishop’s categories. We found that the science these students perceived that they
used was connected to their views of what science is. 相似文献
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This study draws on recent research on the central role of representation in learning. While there has been considerable research
on students’ understanding of evaporation, the representational issues entailed in this understanding have not been investigated
in depth. The study explored students’ engagement with evaporation phenomena through various representational modes. The study
indicates how a focus on representation can provide fresh insights into the conceptual task involved in learning science through
an investigation of students’ responses to a structured classroom sequence and subsequent interviews over a year. A case study
of one child’s learning demonstrates the way conceptual advances are integrally connected with the development of representational
modes. The findings suggest that teacher-mediated negotiation of representational issues as students construct different modal
accounts can support enriched learning by enabling both (a) richer conceptual understanding by students, and (b) enhanced
teacher insights into students’ thinking. 相似文献
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The relations among students’ motivational beliefs, cognitive processes, and academic achievement were investigated. A 51-item
questionnaire together with a mathematics achievement test was administered to 459 fifth graders in Korean elementary school
mathematics classrooms. Results indicated that, in general, students’ cognitive processes related closely to competence beliefs,
task values, and achievement goals, and more importantly their success or failure in mathematics achievement was closely linked
to competence beliefs, performance-avoidance goals, and persistence strategies. Positive evidence of performance-approach
goals was observed in math learning relative to task goals. As expected, performance-avoidance goals turned out to be detrimental
to students’ math learning. These findings are generally congruent with the motivational theories and support the position
that students should be encouraged to adopt task goals and actively involve themselves in math class activities. However,
it also behooves us to recognize the potential benefits of performance-approach goals in different cultural contexts, such
as the Korean elementary school math classrooms. 相似文献
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Ngai-Ying Wong Chi-Chung Lam XuHua Sun Anna Mei Yan Chan 《International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education》2009,7(2):363-382
The spiral bianshi curriculum, an improvement on bianshi teaching developed by Gu (2000) and in line with Marton’s theory of variation (Marton & Booth, 1997), was tried out in a primary school in Hong Kong. This improved theoretical framework for the spiral bianshi curriculum comprises
four types of bianshi problems—the inductive bianshi, the broadening bianshi, the deepening bianshi, and the applicative bianshi.
Based on this framework, the research team developed a set of teaching materials on the three topics of division of fraction,
speed, and volume. The materials were tried out in 21 Primary 6 classes (a total of 686 students) in a school. The effect
was compared with a reference group using standard textbook materials in Hong Kong. A series of instruments, pre-tests, and
post-tests were administered to gauge the effects on students’ performance in solving routine and non-routine problems, as
well as the affective outcomes including self-concept, attitude towards learning mathematics, approaches to learning, and
conceptions of mathematics. The intervention effects of the experimental design were examined by hierarchical regression analysis.
The research reveals that students using spiral bianshi teaching materials performed significantly better than their counterparts
using standard textbook materials. However, no significant differences were identified among affective learning outcome variables
despite the positive results on cognitive learning outcomes. The findings indicate that spiral bianshi curriculum has high
potential in enhancing students’ learning effectiveness. However, further studies are needed to map its strengths in detail. 相似文献
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Anderson Hassell Norton Andrea McCloskey 《Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education》2008,11(4):285-305
The challenge that we address concerns teachers’ shifts toward student-centered instruction. We report on a yearlong professional
development study in which two United States elementary school teachers engaged in a teaching experiment, as described by
Steffe and Thompson (in: Lesh and Kelly (eds) Research on design in mathematics and science education, 2000). The teaching
experiment involved close mathematical interactions with a pair of students after school, in the context of solving fractions
tasks. By conducting a teaching experiment, we anticipated that each teacher would have more opportunity to develop insight
into students’ mathematics. We also anticipated that these insights would influence the teachers’ classroom practice, even
without explicit support for such a shift. Indeed, the teachers found that they began asking more probing questions of their
students and spending more time listening to students’ explanations, but shifts to classroom practice were limited by constraining
factors such an inflexible curriculum. 相似文献
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There is a documented need for more opportunities for teachers to learn about students’ mathematical reasoning. This article
reports on the experiences of a group of elementary and middle school mathematics teachers who participated as interns in
an after-school, classroom-based research project on the development of mathematical ideas involving middle-grade students
from an urban, low-income, minority community in the United States. For 1 year, the teachers observed the students working
on well-defined mathematical investigations that provided a context for the students’ formation of particular mathematical
ideas and different forms of reasoning in several mathematical content strands. The article describes insights into students’
mathematical reasoning that the teachers were able to gain from their observations of the students’ mathematical activity.
The purpose is to show that teachers’ observations of students’ mathematical activity in research sessions on students’ development
of mathematical ideas can provide opportunities for teachers to learn about students’ mathematical reasoning. 相似文献
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Elisabetta Robotti 《Educational Studies in Mathematics》2012,80(3):433-450
In the field of human cognition, language plays a special role that is connected directly to thinking and mental development (e.g., Vygotsky, 1938). Thanks to “verbal thought”, language allows humans to go beyond the limits of immediately perceived information, to form concepts and solve complex problems (Luria, 1975). So, it appears language can be studied as a cognitive process (Chomsky, 1975). In this investigation, I study language as a means for making the cognitive process explicit. In particular, I analyze the role of the verbalization produced by pairs of students solving a plane geometry problem. The basic idea of my research is that, during the resolution process of a plane geometry problem, natural language can play roles beyond that of communication: Natural language can be seen as a tool for supporting students’ cognitive processes (Robotti, 2008), and, at the same time, it can also be seen as a researchers’ tool which allows us to shed light on the evolution of students’ cognitive processes. With regard to language as researchers’ tool, I show how natural language (in our case, students’ verbalization during resolution of a plane geometry problem) can be used by the researcher to make explicit, to study, and to describe the development of the students’ cognitive processes during the resolution process. To this end, I present a model I have developed that allows us to identify, in students’ verbalization, different phases of their cognitive processes. 相似文献
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William Medina-Jerez Kyndra V. Middleton Walter Orihuela-Rabaza 《International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education》2011,9(3):657-690
The way in which students view science and its practitioners, particularly during their late elementary and early secondary
grade levels, has been at the core of numerous studies dating back to research by Mead & Metraux (Science 126:384–390, 1957). In this study, we used the Draw-a-Scientist Test Checklist developed by Finson, Beaver & Cramond (Sch Sci Math 95(4):195–205,
1995) to explore and document Colombian and Bolivian students’ perceptions of scientists. Despite the wealth of information from
years of study, there is a lack of research on images held by students in Latin American nations. This study involved Colombian
and Bolivian students (N = 1,017) in 5th to 11th grades and was aimed at providing an original account of how these students picture scientists and
science. Results suggest differences on how students perceive scientists based on nationality, grade and school type. We discuss
how features may be associated with educational and socioeconomic status in each school community. 相似文献
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Tammy Eisenmann Ruhama Even 《International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education》2011,9(4):867-891
The aim of this study was to examine how teachers enact the same written algebra curriculum materials in different classes.
The study addresses this issue by comparing the types of algebraic activity (Kieran, 2004) enacted in two 7th grade classes taught by the same teacher, using the same textbook. Data sources include lesson observations
and an interview with the teacher. The findings show that students in the two classes were offered somewhat different algebraic
experiences. At one school, more emphasis was placed on global/meta-level activities (activities that are not exclusive to
algebra and suggest general mathematical processes), whereas at the other school, more emphasis was placed on transformational
activities (“rule-based” algebraic activities). Analysis of the sources of the differences related to the ways in which the
teacher used and enacted the curriculum materials in the two classes revealed that these were linked to the teacher’s attempts
to be attentive to the students in the class and to the nature of the students’ work. 相似文献
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This study implemented eye-tracking technology to understand the impact of different multimedia instructional materials, i.e.,
five successive pages versus a single page with the same amount of information, on information-processing activities in 21
non-science-major college students. The findings showed that students demonstrated the same number of eye fixations during
information searching and spent the same amount of time on the overall instructional materials regardless of format. However,
the total number of eye fixations on the picture areas was significantly greater for the multiple-page than for the single-page
presentation. A significant difference was found in the duration of students’ eye fixation durations on the picture areas
under the two conditions, with students spending more time on the picture area of the multiple-page than of the single-page
presentation. Greater pupil size was found when participants viewed the multiple-page presentation, implying that this presentation
format was associated with a higher cognitive load. The participants’ eye-movement data for specific areas was recorded and
analyzed to determine students’ information processing patterns and strategies and for triangulation with the quantitative
findings. Discussion of the research findings and suggestions for future research are provided. 相似文献
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The research questions addressed in this study were: what types of epistemological beliefs do elementary students have; what
types of metacognition do elementary students have; and what are the relationships among students’ perceived characteristics
of constructivist learning environment, metacognition, and epistemological beliefs. A total of 626 students enrolled in sixth,
seventh, and eight grades of nine elementary public schools located in Ankara, Turkey constituted the participants of this
study. Constructivist learning environment survey (CLES), Junior metacognitive awareness inventory (Jr. MAI), and Schommer
epistemological belief questionnaire (EB) were administered to students. Factor Analysis of Jr. MAI revealed both knowledge
of cognition and regulation of cognition items were loaded into one factor. Confirmatory factor analysis of EB revealed a
four factor structure namely innate ability, quick learning, omniscient authority, and certain knowledge. Regression analyses
revealed that metacognition and omniscient authority were significant predictors of personal relevance dimension of CLES.
Metacognition was found as the only predictor of the student negotiation. Innate ability and metacognition significantly contributed
to uncertainty. This study revealed that the elementary students with different mastery levels hold different epistemological
beliefs and multi-faceted nature of elementary school students’ metacognition was seemed to be supported with this study.
It was found that metacognition contributed to model more than epistemological beliefs for all three dimensions of CLES. 相似文献
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Brian R. Belland Krista D. Glazewski Jennifer C. Richardson 《Instructional Science》2011,39(5):667-694
Students engaged in problem-based learning (PBL) units solve ill-structured problems in small groups, and then present arguments
in support of their solution. However, middle school students often struggle developing evidence-based arguments (Krajcik
et al., J Learn Sci 7:313–350, 1998). Using a mixed method design, the researchers examined the use of computer-based argumentation scaffolds, called the Connection Log, to help middle school students build evidence-based arguments. Specifically we investigated (a) the impact of computer-based
argumentation scaffolds on middle school students’ construction of evidence-based arguments during a PBL unit, and (b) scaffold
use among members of two small groups purposefully chosen for case studies. Data sources included a test of argument evaluation
ability, persuasive presentation rating scores, informal observations, videotaped class sessions, and retrospective interviews.
Findings included a significant simple main effect on argument evaluation ability among lower-achieving students, and use
of the scaffolds by the small groups to communicate and keep organized. 相似文献
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Marilena Pantziara Athanasios Gagatsis Iliada Elia 《Educational Studies in Mathematics》2009,72(1):39-60
The Mathematics education community has long recognized the importance of diagrams in the solution of mathematical problems.
Particularly, it is stated that diagrams facilitate the solution of mathematical problems because they represent problems’
structure and information (Novick & Hurley, 2001; Diezmann, 2005). Novick and Hurley were the first to introduce three well-defined types of diagrams, that is, network, hierarchy, and matrix,
which represent different problematic situations. In the present study, we investigated the effects of these types of diagrams
in non-routine mathematical problem solving by contrasting students’ abilities to solve problems with and without the presence
of diagrams. Structural equation modeling affirmed the existence of two first-order factors indicating the differential effects
of the problems’ representation, i.e., text with diagrams and without diagrams, and a second-order factor representing general
non-routine problem solving ability in mathematics. Implicative analysis showed the influence of the presence of diagrams
in the problems’ hierarchical ordering. Furthermore, results provided support for other studies (e.g. Diezman & English, 2001) which documented some students’ difficulties to use diagrams efficiently for the solution of problems. We discuss the findings
and provide suggestions for the efficient use of diagrams in the problem solving situation. 相似文献
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This paper presents data generated during a semester-long programme to support international students from countries in Melanesia and Asia embarking on masters research in education in a New Zealand university. All were scholarship recipients. The researcher-and facilitator-of the programme, was interested in documenting and understanding the nature of the students’ experience as they planned and wrote research proposals. The process of developing a research proposal, as one of the early stages of ‘becoming’ a researcher, highlighted a number of challenges for the six case study students. The challenges are viewed from a transition or ‘resituation’ perspective (Eraut in Stud Contin Educ 26(2): 247–74, 2004, 2008) rather than an adjustment one. A resituation perspective assumes that students brought with them “personal expertise, practical wisdom and tacit knowledge” (Eraut 2008, p. 42) which needed to be reconciled with what was demanded of them by different aspects of the research planning process. The resituation challenges experienced by the students included situating a perceived problem or issue in the research literature; reconciling personal research goals with the limitations of one’s own agency as a researcher; integrating new learning with research goals; and reconciling the new role or identity as a researcher with the previous role as colleague or community member. The paper presents a case for providing a context for postgraduate students in which explicit recognition of what they bring to the research task, and acknowledgement of the resituation challenges can take place. 相似文献
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Elise Lockwood 《Educational Studies in Mathematics》2011,78(3):307-322
The purpose of this article is to explore student-generated connections among counting problems. The literature indicates
that such problems pose difficulties for students, who struggle to detect common structures and identify models of underlying
problem types. A case study is presented here, in which students elaborate upon connections they make during the problem solving
process. The selected case study highlights student work on three particular combinatorics problems, one of which highlights
tendencies toward over-counting. The conception of Lobato (Educational Researcher 3(1):17–20, 2003) of actor-oriented transfer, in which students’ (as opposed to experts’) notions of similarity are emphasized, is used as
a means by which to analyze the resulting qualitative data. Results include (1) a domain-specific categorization of fundamental
types of actor-oriented transfer in combinatorics and (2) implications that there is much to be gained when students attend
to features of problems that experts might not emphasize. 相似文献
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Joan Abbott-Chapman 《The Australian Educational Researcher》2011,38(1):57-71
Research studies of post-school education and training conducted in Australia and internationally have revealed a mosaic of students’ education and employment experiences, with a multiplicity of nonlinear pathways. These tend to be more fragmentary
for disadvantaged students, especially those of low socio-economic background, rural students, and mature aged students seeking
a ‘second chance’ education. Challenges faced by students in their transitions to higher education are made more complex because
of the intersection of vertical stratification created by institutional and sectoral status hierarchies and segmentation,
especially relating to ‘academic’ and ‘vocational’ education and training, and the horizontal stratification of regional,
rural and remote locations in which students live. If we are to achieve the equity goals set by the Bradley Review (Bradley
et al., Review of Australian Higher Education Final Report, 2008) we need to acknowledge and work with the complex realities of disadvantaged students’ situations, starting at the school
level. Interrelated factors at the individual, community and institutional level which continue to inhibit student take-up
of higher education places are discussed in the context of discursive constructions of ‘disadvantage’ and ‘choice’ in late
modernity. Research highlights the need to facilitate students’ post-school transitions by developing student resilience,
institutional responsiveness and policy reflexivity through transformative education. 相似文献
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In this paper, we examine sixth grade students’ degree of conceptualization of fractions. A specially developed test aimed
to measure students’ understanding of fractions along the three stages proposed by Sfard (1991) was administered to 321 sixth grade students. The Rasch model was applied to specify the reliability of the test across
the sample and cluster analysis to locate groups by facility level. The analysis revealed six such levels. The characteristics
of each level were specified according to Sfard’s framework and the results of the fraction test. Based on our findings, we
draw implications for the learning and teaching of fractions and provide suggestions for future research. 相似文献
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In this study, students’ perceptions of the classroom learning environment in Arab elementary schools were investigated. The
sample included 261 students from Grades 5 and 6. The questionnaire was developed at an Arab college of teacher education
by 16 fourth-year student teachers who were completing their studies toward a BEd degree. Articles on classroom learning environment
were distributed to the students, who then wrote items to assess learning environment. The items were evaluated for content
validity in relation to the Arab school culture, language, teachers’ teaching, students’ learning styles, teacher–student
relations, order and organisation, discipline and behaviours. The Classroom Learning Environment of Elementary Students (CLEES)
questionnaire consists of 32 items in four scales: Teacher’s Image, Group Work, Students’ Participation, and Order and Organisation.
The CLEES was used in a pilot study in two Grade 5 and 6 classes in order to validate it. The student teachers administered
the questionnaire to students in elementary schools. Data were analysed using SPSS (e.g. factor analysis and one-way ANOVA)
to validate the CLEES. No significant differences were found between boys and girls in classroom learning environment. However,
significant differences in CLEES perceptions were found between students from different grades (Grade 5 vs. Grade 6), age
groups and schools. The results are explained in the discussion section in relation to the characteristics of their schools. 相似文献