Enhancing Student Motivation in Secondary School Mathematics Courses: A Methodological Approach

Vergara, Diego; Fernández, María Luz González; Lorenzo, Miguel

doi:10.3390/educsci9020083

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“…Several authors have highlighted the ability of teachers to motivate students through effective intervention strategies [45]. To do this, teachers must promote good bilateral communication with students to improve their mathematical competence [18,40,41] and stimulate their motivation via a methodological and curricular proposal that is attractive and participatory for students [46].…”

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“…In association with this, the role of the teacher in implementing effective intervention strategies among an unmotivated student body is noteworthy [45]. Therefore, motivation can and should be encouraged from an attractive and participatory methodological and curricular proposal for students [46]. Therefore, it is important to change the perception of students towards failure.…”

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Estimating the Academic Performance of Secondary Education Mathematics Students: A Gain Lift Predictive Model

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Several socioeconomic, environmental, ethnic, family, and educational factors influence an individual’s academic performance and can determine their school performance in mathematics. Mathematical competence is one of the skills that allow students to build visions of the future from performance in the present. However, the perception that students have of mathematics, in addition to the teacher–student relationship, the classroom, gender, teaching–learning, and motivation are crucial factors for achieving an optimal academic performance and preventing school failure. The aim of the present study was: (1) to examine which variables of the dimensions “Learning Mathematics” and “School Environment” significantly contribute to the marks in the second quarter and quantify their relative importance; (2) to determine the optimal algorithm model for predicting the maximum gain in students’ marks in the second quarter and quantifying it; and (3) to analyze the maximum gain in terms of gender. A total of 2018 high school students in Melilla were included in this cross-sectional study. Mathematical learning and the school environment were assessed using a validated 14-item questionnaire. Gain lift was employed to quantify the improvement in students’ performance. The role of the classroom and teacher–student relationship had a greater influence on mathematics scores than affinity indicators, teaching, study time, teaching resources used, study aids, and motivation.

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Estimating the Academic Performance of Secondary Education Mathematics Students: A Gain Lift Predictive Model

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“…Interactive writing boards (IWB) play a vital role in enhancing student interest and their learning skills [3]. Vergara et al [30] proposed an active methodology to increase motivation for secondary school students in mathematics courses. The method [30] recommends a small group (four students) for effective learning.…”

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“…Vergara et al [30] proposed an active methodology to increase motivation for secondary school students in mathematics courses. The method [30] recommends a small group (four students) for effective learning. Hartono et al [31] presented a game-like 2D cartoon art for teaching mathematics to primary level students.…”

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A Low-Cost Interactive Writing Board for Primary Education using Distinct Augmented Reality Markers

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Educational institutions demand cost-effective and simple-to-use augmented reality systems. ARToolKit, an open-source computer tracking library for the creation of augmented reality applications that overlay virtual imagery on the real world, is such a system. It uses a simple camera and black-and-white markers printed on paper. However, due to inter-marker confusion, if the marker distinctions are not ensured, the markers are often miss-recognized. This paper presents an ARToolKit-based Interactive Writing Board (IWB) with a simple mechanism for designing confusion-free marker libraries. The board is used for teaching single characters of Arabic/Urdu to primary level students. It uses a simple ARToolKit marker for the recognition of each character. After marker recognition, the IWB displays the corresponding image, helping students with character understanding and pronunciation. Experimental results reveal that the system improves students’ motivation and learning skills.

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“…However, many of the published teaching innovation ideas come from the primary and secondary levels [1][2][3] since it is precisely at these educational levels where the essential training is established to subsequently be able to access university. In this sense, the instruction of the candidate teachers is essential so that they know the different aspects related to the educational profession: evaluation [4], the organization of educational centers [5], and methodologies-e.g., project-based learning (PBL) [6][7][8][9], gamification [10,11], the use of new technologies based on augmented reality or virtual reality [12], and the use of computers and web technologies [13], etc. Regarding the last aspects, it is worth noting that the most important is the methodology used since new technologies do not imply a methodology by themselves [14,15].…”

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Simulation of a Real Call for Research Projects as Activity to Acquire Research Skills: Perception Analysis of Teacher Candidates

2020

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In this research, a novel methodology based on the simulation of a call for research projects was applied for the training of STEM secondary school teachers, with results raised and analyzed to determine the response of the students to this new methodology. The activity was applied in the same course during two academic years with student groups from very different teaching specialties such as mathematics, physics and chemistry, biology and geology, technology and health processes who were studying the Master’s Degree in Secondary Education, specifically, the 3 European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) course of Initiation to Educational Research (IER), this Master’s course being mandatory for working as a secondary professor. The Master’s students are asked to write their own research project proposals for a fictitious call on a topic freely chosen by them, which might have been related to the research line of the final Master’s thesis. In it, they had to propose all the contents studied in the course (such as writing a brief state of the art, establishing a research team, setting objectives, a description of the methodology for educational research, instruments, a plan for the dissemination of the results, the needed resources, etc.). The students’ perceptions of the usefulness and reality of what they had learned for their professional development and for writing their final theses were assessed. The results based on the perceptions of the students demonstrate that the activity had been useful for assimilating concepts related to educational research in the context of secondary education (research skills), which will be useful for improving the critical sense of the students (teacher candidates) and for their professional future in the context of applied research in day-to-day secondary teacher activities. Furthermore, the results show the activity was useful for the development of the final Master’s thesis. The difficult aspects that the activity presented for them were analyzed. The results were statistically compared for the students of the different specialties, deducing, in all cases, a homogeneous good acceptance with slight differences between them.

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Enhancing Student Motivation in Secondary School Mathematics Courses: A Methodological Approach

Cited by 11 publications

References 45 publications

Estimating the Academic Performance of Secondary Education Mathematics Students: A Gain Lift Predictive Model

Estimating the Academic Performance of Secondary Education Mathematics Students: A Gain Lift Predictive Model

A Low-Cost Interactive Writing Board for Primary Education using Distinct Augmented Reality Markers

Simulation of a Real Call for Research Projects as Activity to Acquire Research Skills: Perception Analysis of Teacher Candidates

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