Essays about: "instruction in mathematics"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 13 essays containing the words instruction in mathematics.

1. 6. EDUCATIONAL QUALITY AND EQUITY IN SOUTH AFRICA: EVIDENCE FROM TIMSS 2015

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

   Author : Ernest Mensah; [2020-09-09]
   Keywords : educational quality; educational equity; teacher quality; instructional quality; teacher qualification; teacher confidence; ocisoeconomic status; ; two-level structural equation modelling; TIMSS; South Africa;

   Abstract : Aim: This study aims to investigate the relationship between teacher qualification and characteristics, teacher instructional quality, students’ family socioeconomic background, and student mathematics achievement with the South Africa data from TIMSS 2015. Theory: The dynamic model of educational effectiveness, proposed by Creemers and Kyriakides (2008) in understanding variables within each level and across different levels related (such as student-level and classroom-level), and Input-Process-Outcome (IPO) model, proposed by Goe (2007) was used as the theoretical framework which leads the selection of variables and was operationalized with the achievement and contextual data available in South Africa TIMSS 2015 data. READ MORE

3. 7. Teaching English to Young Swedes; when and why?

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Pedagogiskt arbete

   Author : Lisa Cataldo; [2018]
   Keywords : Teaching English to Young Learners TEYL ; Young children; Young Learners YL ; English as a Foreign Language EFL ; Early Language Learning ELL ; primary school; L2 acquisition; Attitudes;

   Abstract : As the English language holds the status of a Lingua Franca, being able to master it has become necessary in our globalised society. In Sweden, the English subject has been assigned a place along with Swedish and Mathematics as a core subject. READ MORE

4. 8. Olika skolors val av engelskundervisningens start i F-3 - Different schools’ choices of when to start English instruction in K-3

   University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

   Author : Sandra Trivat; [2015]
   Keywords : EFL; Early language start; F-3; Young language learners; Sweden;

   Abstract : In Sweden, there are three subjects that are mandatory to pass to be qualified for further studies (gymnasium) after year 9 of elementary school: English, Mathematics and Swedish. Sweden has a long tradition of teaching English as a foreign language in schools, from a very young age. READ MORE

5. 9. Differentiation in teaching mathematics : An observational study of eight primary school teachers in Sweden

   University essay from Avdelningen för matematik

   Author : Krijn Bouhuis; [2013]
   Keywords : differentiation; mathematics; different conditions and demands of pupils; Swedish primary school; awareness of differentiation; differentiering; matematik; elevernas olika förutsättningar och behov; den Svenska grundskolan; medvetenhet om differentiering;

   Abstract : According to the Swedish curriculum for the primary school, the teachers have to meet the different conditions and demands of all the pupils. A way of meeting the different conditions and demands of all the pupils is differentiation. READ MORE

6. 10. Mathematics teacers' strategies for supporting students' metacognitive development: Has theory been realized in practice?

   University essay from Sektionen för lärarutbildning (LUT)

   Author : Don Hill; [2012]
   Keywords : mathematics; metacognition; metacognitive knowledge; self regulation; self-efficacy; reciprocal determinism;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to investigate (1) how mathematics instructors develop their students’ metacognitive abilities concretely within mathematics instruction and (2) whether these teachers feel adequately prepared to develop their students’ metacognitive abilities. Qualitative email interviews with credentialed secondary school mathematics teachers in Sweden were used. READ MORE