Characteristics of good mathematics teaching in Singapore grade 8 classrooms: a juxtaposition of teachers' practice and students' perception.

Autor/in	Kaur, Berinderjeet
Titel	Characteristics of good mathematics teaching in Singapore grade 8 classrooms: a juxtaposition of teachers' practice and students' perception.
Quelle	In: ZDM : mathematics education, 41 (2009) 3, S. 333-347 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1863-9690; 1863-9704
DOI	10.1007/s11858-009-0170-z
Schlagwörter	Middle School; Lehrer; Schülerperspektive; Unterrichtspraxis; Algebra; Gleichung (Math); Mathematikunterricht; Singapur
Abstract	This paper examines the instructional approaches of three competent grade 8 mathematics teachers. It also examines their students' perception of the lessons they taught as well as characteristics of good lessons. The findings of teachers' practice and students' perception are juxtaposed to elicit characteristics of good teaching in Singapore grade 8 classrooms. With limitation, the findings of the paper suggests that good mathematics teaching in Singapore schools centres around building understanding and is teacher-centred but student focused. Some characteristic features of good lessons are that their instructional cycles have specific instructional objectives such that subsequent cycles incrementally build on the knowledge. The examples used in such lessons are carefully selected and vary in complexity from low to high. Teachers actively monitor their student's understanding during seatwork, by moving from desk to desk guiding those with difficulties and selecting appropriate student work for subsequent whole-class review and discussion. Finally, during such lessons teachers reinforce their students' understanding of knowledge expounded during whole-class demonstration by detailed review of student work done in class or as homework.
Erfasst von	FIZ Karlsruhe - Leibniz-Institut für Informationsinfrastruktur
Update	2010/2