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Publication Date: 2014
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Turning Disinterest into Interest in Class: An Intervention Study
Bikner-Ahsbahs, Angelika
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Paper presented at the Joint Meeting of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME) (38th) and the North American Chapter of the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME-NA) (36th, Vancouver, Canada, Jul 15-20, 2014)
This paper presents an intervention study in three 11th grade classes on calculus with the aim to overcome the students' amotivation by boosting their situational interest. This was successfully done by teachers implementing interest-dense situations. Data analyses further revealed two different principles of how the teachers transferred the theory on interest-dense situations into practice when arranging the epistemic processes, and two directions of dissemination that the teachers undertook additionally. [For the complete proceedings, see ED597799.]
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, High School Students, Grade 11, Learning Motivation, Secondary School Mathematics, Calculus, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Intervention, Epistemology, Mathematics Teachers
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. e-mail: pmena.steeringcommittee@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.pmena.org/
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education; Grade 11
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Language: English
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