Год выпуска: 2014 Автор: Janeth Chemeli Издательство: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Страниц: 112 ISBN: 9783659531712
Описание
This book discusses teachers’ interaction styles and their influence on secondary school students’ attitude and achievement in mathematics. It discusses how interaction styles, the school support structure, family, and students’ attitude towards school affect the attitudes towards mathematics. Drawing from Bauerfeld's interactive theory of learning, the author: establishes the type of teacher interaction styles used in teaching mathematics in secondary schools; discusses the effects of employing direct and indirect teacher interaction styles; and determines the role of gender and students’ attitudes towards mathematics and teachers in relation to performance. She posits that although both direct and indirect teacher interaction styles are used in teaching mathematics in secondary schools, indirect interaction styles result in; greater student achievement, positive attitude towards the subject and the teacher. She recommends that indirect interaction styles should be employed in the...
