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Angela E. Stott; Monique Duvenhage – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2024
Problem-based learning (PBL) has the potential to enhance both cognitive and affective engagement but has been criticised for being unsuitable for learners with low levels of knowledge and skills, such as South African learners from poor backgrounds. In such cases, guided problem-based learning (GPBL), which includes direct instruction and teacher…
Descriptors: High Achievement, Foreign Countries, Poverty, Extracurricular Activities
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Urhan, Selin; Dost, Senol – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2018
Model-eliciting activities are problem-solving activities that differ from traditional problems as they include non-routine, open-ended, and complicated real-life situations with various solutions (Lesh & Doerr, 2003). According to Lesh, Hoover, Hole, Kelly and Post (2000), a model-eliciting activity must follow certain principles, namely, the…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Mathematics Instruction, Models, Generalization
Cavanagh, Michael – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2008
The mathematics methodology subjects the author undertook in the early 1980s encouraged him to adopt a very expository style of teaching in which each new concept is introduced by its formal definition. The teacher should then explain a few carefully chosen examples for students to copy into their books, and then provide plenty of graded practice…
Descriptors: Word Problems (Mathematics), Trigonometry, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods