Unravelling the myth of effective teaching in mathematics
dc.contributor.author | Prendergast, Mark | |
dc.contributor.author | O'Donoghue, John | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-08-06T11:06:27Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-08-06T11:06:27Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
dc.date.updated | 2020-07-31T10:06:31Z | |
dc.description.abstract | Effective teaching is the backbone of any successful education system with many arguing that it is the single biggest contributor to student success. However despite such importance, significant differences in teacher effectiveness are still evident in Irish classrooms at all levels of education. This research investigates the influence that individual teachers can have on students’ enjoyment of mathematics at second level and attempts to unravel the myth of effective teaching. The research started out as a follow on study that further analysed data collected by the authors when they designed a pedagogical framework with the aim of promoting student interest in algebra through effective teaching of the domain. This paper focuses entirely upon the quantitative results of the evaluation of that study with regard to whether there are differences in the enjoyment scores of students’ in different classes as a result of their individual teachers. The paper also looks to unravel the myth of effective teaching through a series of focus group interviews and a detailed literature review. | en |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.description.version | Published Version | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Prendergast, M. and O'Donoghue, J. (2014) 'Unravelling the Myth of Effective Teaching in Mathematics'. Irish Journal of Academic Practice, 3 (1), Article 8, (22 pp). doi: 10.21427/D7WX43 | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.21427/D7WX43 | en |
dc.identifier.endpage | 22 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 2009-7387 | |
dc.identifier.issued | 1 | en |
dc.identifier.journaltitle | Irish Journal of Academic Practice | en |
dc.identifier.startpage | 1 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10468/10361 | |
dc.identifier.volume | 3 | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Learning, Teaching and Technology Centre (LLTC), Technological University Dublin | en |
dc.relation.uri | https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ijap/vol3/iss1/8/ | |
dc.rights | © 2014 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License. | en |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ | en |
dc.subject | Effective teaching | en |
dc.subject | Enjoyment scale | en |
dc.subject | Mathematics education | en |
dc.subject | Quantitative | en |
dc.subject | Second level | en |
dc.title | Unravelling the myth of effective teaching in mathematics | en |
dc.type | Article (peer-reviewed) | en |
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