Teaching Functions to High School Students: An Explorative Study

Witte, Maarten, M.P.de (2021) Teaching Functions to High School Students: An Explorative Study. Research Project, Science Education and Communication.

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Abstract

I investigated different characteristics of teaching used in lessons in a high school in the northern part of the Netherlands. During the research, three teachers were observed when giving a total of six lessons regarding functions among different age ranges and levels. From these lessons, transcripts were made and translated into English, after which episodes were created aiming at finding similarities and differences within each of the following three characteristics: questioning, introduction versus recap and reinforcement. In total, 138 episodes were created that shaped the results. For questioning, the most notable aspect was that open-ended questions were usually why-questions and closed-ended questions were what-questions asking for specific responses. For the introduction of new theory, there were different approaches used by the teachers, such as letting a student explain the theory in his or her own words. For recap lessons, the theory was only discussed if a student made a mistake. In my observations, when a teacher used positive reinforcement, mostly by giving compliments on their work, the student always was happy with the compliment. For negative reinforcement, in my observations, the teachers needed to only provide a small hint to get the student to behave.

Item Type:	Thesis (Research Project)
Supervisor name:	Mali, A. and Sterk, A.E.
Degree programme:	Science Education and Communication
Thesis type:	Research Project
Language:	English
Date Deposited:	14 Apr 2021 08:12
Last Modified:	14 Apr 2021 08:12
URI:	https://fse.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/24149

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