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Examples in the teaching of mathematics: Teachers’ perceptions
Citation
Ng, L. K., & Dindyal, J. (2015). Examples in the teaching of mathematics: Teachers’ perceptions. In M. Marshman, V. Geiger, & A. Bennison (Eds.), Mathematics education in the margins - Proceedings of the 38th annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (pp. 461–468). Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia.
Author
Ng, Lay Keow
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Dindyal, Jaguthsing
Abstract
As part of a study examining how teachers in Singapore select and use examples for
teaching mathematics, 121 teachers from 24 secondary schools responded to three openended
questions about the use of examples in teaching. The results show that students’
abilities and the difficulty level of the examples were among the topmost considerations
teachers have when introducing mathematical ideas or when selecting homework tasks.
This paper also reports on teachers’ perceptions of a good example.
Date Issued
2015