ERIC Number: EJ1429472
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Dec
Pages: 24
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ISSN: ISSN-0126-7663
EISSN: EISSN-2636-9230
Strengthening the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics through Problem-Solving: The "Neriage" Perspective
George B. Borromeo
Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, v46 p135-158 2023
Teaching through problem-solving (TTP) is an approach that helps develop learners', critical thinking, creative thinking, communication collaborative, and computational (5Cs) skills. This approach provides an opportunity for the teachers to maximise metacognition resulting in quality of instruction. This research study aims to determine the process of strengthening the teaching and learning of Mathematics through problem-solving using the "neriage" perspective. Two elementary public schools with different context were used as subjects in this research investigation: with regular curriculum and special curriculum. Pre-post-test design was employed and the quantitative data were analysed using two-tailed t-Test. Grounded theory was used to measure the qualitative component of the research study and axial coding-decoding method was applied to qualitatively analyse the patterns and themes. It was found out that on both types of curriculum, those students that were given intervention performed significantly better than those that were not given intervention. Hence, the TTP approach as an intervention initiative is an effective teaching strategy both in special and regular curriculum. Moreover, regardless of the type curriculum, or whether given intervention or not, students performed significantly better in the posttest. Hence, the instruction, whether with the aid of intervention or not, students' achievements improved significantly.
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, Teaching Methods, Elementary Schools, Public Schools, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Achievement, Elementary School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Intervention
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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