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Post-Primary Students' Images of Mathematics: Findings from a Survey of Irish Ordinary Level Mathematics Students
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Lane, Ciara; Stynes, Martin; O'Donoghue, John – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2016
A questionnaire survey was carried out as part of a PhD research study to investigate the image of mathematics held by post-primary students in Ireland. The study focused on students in fifth year of post-primary education studying ordinary level mathematics for the Irish Leaving Certificate examination--the final examination for students in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Student Surveys, Secondary School Students
The Use of Concrete Learning Objects Taken from the History of Mathematics in Mathematics Education
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Bütüner, Suphi Önder – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2016
This study aimed to reveal the effects of teaching with concrete learning objects taken from the history of mathematics on student achievement. Being a quasi-experimental study, it was conducted with two grade 8 classes in a secondary school located in Trabzon. The experimental group consisted of 27 students and the control group consisted of 25.…
Descriptors: Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Academic Achievement