Real-world connections in secondary mathematics teaching
Real-world connections in secondary mathematics teaching
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DOI：
10.1007/s10857-007-9070-8
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发表时间：
2008-06-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Gainsburg, Julie
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作者：
Gainsburg, Julie
教育界强调教学中现实世界联系的重要性。现存的文献表明，在实际的课堂上，这种做法是罕见的和粗略的，但很少有研究专门研究是否，如何以及为什么教师连接数学与真实的世界。在这项研究中，我调查了62名中学数学教师对现实世界的连接的理解和使用，他们在教学中建立连接的目的，以及支持和限制这种做法的因素。我还观察到5名教师在课堂上建立了现实世界的联系，我进行了后续采访;这些定性数据用于说明调查数据的结果。结果提供了在中学数学课堂上使用现实世界的连接的初步写照，并提出了更有针对性的研究，特别是在教师的信念如何帮助不同类型的学生学习数学领域的关键问题。
The mathematics-education community stresses the importance of real-world connections in teaching. The extant literature suggests that in actual classrooms this practice is infrequent and cursory, but few studies have specifically examined whether, how, and why teachers connect mathematics to the real world. In this study, I surveyed 62 secondary mathematics teachers about their understanding and use of real-world connections, their purposes for making connections in teaching, and factors that support and constrain this practice. I also observed 5 teachers making real-world connections in their classrooms and I conducted follow-up interviews; these qualitative data are used to illuminate findings from the survey data. The results offer an initial portrayal of the use of real-world connections in secondary mathematics classes and raise critical issues for more targeted research, particularly in the area of teacher beliefs about how to help different kinds of students learn mathematics.