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Using Storytelling to Develop Fraction Concepts with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners
This paper reports an intervention study in the teaching of fraction concepts at a village school in Hong Kong. The classes consisted of 60 Grade three students with different cultural backgrounds, including A...
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Research in Mathematics Education in Australasia from 2020 to 2023
This chapter offers the reader an introduction to this volume; the eleventh in the series Research in Mathematics Education in Australasia (RiMEA11). This research series, conceived and commissioned by MERGA, ...
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The Text Mining Approach to Identifying What Students Value in Mathematics Learning
Knowing students’ values of mathematics learning is important for effective instruction. There has been a lack of studies analysing students’ descriptive responses in the values-in-mathematics-education resear...
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To What Extent Are Students Fulfilling Their Values and Thriving in Mathematics Education?—The Case for Victoria, Australia
Mathematical wellbeing (MWB) is the experience of positive feelings and functioning linked to the fulfillment of seven ultimate values (accomplishment, cognitions, engagement, meaning, perseverance, positive e...
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The Role of Teacher Knowledge in Fostering Student Fulfillment of Values Crucial for Mathematical Wellbeing
Following on from a prior map** of elementary school students’ mathematical wellbeing (MWB) in Chengdu, China, an intervention program was trialled in two Grade Three classrooms based on grou** students ac...
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Open AccessStudent values and wellbeing in mathematics education: perspectives of Chinese primary students
Around the world the prevalence of mathematics anxiety and disengagement point to a poor sense of student ‘mathematical wellbeing’. Mathematical wellbeing is defined here as the fulfilment of one’s ultimate or...
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Mathematics Education and Student Values
The chapter explores the essence and spirit of values education with especial application to mathematics and mathematical wellbeing. The importance of values in mathematics education will be foregrounded with ...
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Framing the Portraits of Singapore Secondary Mathematics Pedagogy: An Outsider’s Perspective
Thirteen different research articles which report on a programmatic research on the enacted secondary school mathematics curriculum in Singapore have been perused in the preparation for this chapter. It consid...
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Assessing spatial reasoning during play: educator observations, assessment and curriculum planning
Children are innately mathematical and explore mathematical concepts through play. However, educator beliefs about mathematics can impact the inclusion of mathematics in early childhood education (ECE). Recent...
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Immigrant Teachers in Mathematics Education
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Student talk in large-size mathematics classrooms: a case study of a sequence of ten consecutive lessons in China
This study aims to reveal features of student talk over a sequence of consecutive mathematics lessons in a large-size class in mainland China. By examining the time allocation for student talk and the number o...
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Scanning and Sco** of Values and Valuing in Mathematics Education
Although the ideas of values and valuing have been totemic notions in education for forever, when applied to mathematics they become quite problematic. Even today for many mathematic teachers and learners, mat...
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A Commentary: Extending the Research Discourse from Interests and Beliefs to Values
This commentary unpacks and interprets the various attributes that were examined in the chapters included in this section, that is, interest, motivation, personal meanings, and values. It looks at how they ex...
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Valuing from Student’s Perspectives as a Lens to Understand Mathematics Learning: The Case of Hong Kong
Values, as a culturally specific notion, have a vital role to play in classroom mathematics learning. In this chapter, we argue that valuing, especially from the student’s perspective, serves as a lens for us ...
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Improving Mathematics Pedagogy Through Student/Teacher Valuing: Lessons from Five Continents
This chapter focuses on the construct of values/valuing, using the findings of the large-scale, ‘What I Find Important (in mathematics learning)’ [WIFI] study to explore how values/valuing promotes effective (...
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Connections Between Valuing and Values: Exploring Experiences and Rethinking Data Generating Methods
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The WIFI Study: Students’ Valuing of Mathematics Learning in Hong Kong and Japan
This chapter introduces the reader to the What I Find Important (in my mathematics learning) study (WIFI), conducted by a consortium of 21 research teams from 18 economies. It uses the same questionnaire to asses...
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What Primary Students in the Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan Value in Mathematics Learning: A Comparative Analysis
It has become increasingly recognized that what teachers and students value affect teaching and learning in general and in the area of mathematics in particular. Yet, the extent to which this is so varies acro...
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“WE DON’T UNDERSTAND ENGLISH THAT IS WHY WE PREFER ENGLISH”: PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ PREFERENCE FOR THE LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION IN MATHEMATICS
This paper reports on a study which sought to investigate how social and political influences affect students’ preference for language of instruction in mathematics in Ghana, where the language of instruction ...
