Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Διδακτική και Μεθοδολογία των ΜαθηματικώνLibrary of the School of Science
Supervisors info:
Χρυσαυγή Τριανταφύλλου, Επίκουρη Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Μαθηματικών, ΕΚΠΑ (Επιβλέπων)
Δέσποινα Πόταρη, Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Μαθηματικών, ΕΚΠΑ,
Γεώργιος Ψυχάρης, Επίκουρος Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Μαθηματικών, ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
Μαθηματικά σε ένα εργαστήριο ξυλουργικής: Δράσεις διερεύνησης μαθητών.
Translated title:
Mathematics in a carpentry workshop: Student inquiry activities.
Summary:
This thesis studies the exploratory actions of five students and two female students of the third grade of Junior High School and first grade of Senior High School in solving mathematical problems in a carpentry workshop. At the same time, the participants' attitudes about the role of mathematics in everyday life and the workplace and whether their involvement in this activity influenced these attitudes are studied. Audiovisual media were used to collect data in the carpentry workshop. The theoretical framework of inquiry-based learning, a pedagogical method that focuses on students' active participation in learning through questioning, inquiry, reflection and collaboration with their peers, was used to identify inquiry activities. Through their engagement in solving the carpentry problems in this research, participants collaborated, assigned roles, formulated questions and reflections, and explored possible solutions that they rejected or accepted based on the limitations of the carpentry workplace. Interviews were also conducted before and after participants' engagement in the activity which included questions in relation to participants' perceptions of the benefits of mathematics in their daily lives and workplace. From the participants' responses before and after their involvement in solving the carpentry problems in the research, it appears that the above process contributed to the change in their attitudes about the importance of mathematics in human daily life.
Main subject category:
Science
Keywords:
problem solving, exploratory learning, attitudes, mathematics in everyday life, mathematics and workplaces
