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Positive feelings towards the learning of mathematics for low achievers
Citation
Tong, C. L., Leong, Y. H., & Quek, K. S. (2013). Positive feelings towards the learning of mathematics for low achievers. In V. Steinle, L. Ball & C. Bardini (Eds.), Mathematics – Yesterday, today and tomorrow - Proceedings of the 36th annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (p. 735-738). Melbourne, VIC: MERGA
Abstract
A common area of difficulty and frustration for low achieving students is the operations involving negative numbers. The main objective of our innovations in this area with two classes of Year 7 low achieving students was to develop positive feelings towards mathematics, in particular of an appreciation for the 'reasonableness' and clear visualisation of the negative numbers 'in action'.
Date Issued
2013
Description
This paper was presented at the 36th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Incorporated (MERGA 2013) on “Mathematics Education: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” held in Melbourne, Australia from 7 – 11 July 2013
This paper was presented at the 36th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Incorporated (MERGA 2013) on “Mathematics Education: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” held in Melbourne, Australia from 7 – 11 July 2013