Error analysis as a teaching practice and its impact on students' attitudes towards Mathematics

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Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Διδακτική και Μεθοδολογία των Μαθηματικών
Library of the School of Science
Deposit date:
2024-12-10
Year:
2024
Author:
Lamprinea Aikaterini
Supervisors info:
Πόταρη Δέσποινα Καθηγήτρια Τμήμα Μαθηματικών ΕΚΠΑ, (Επιβλέπουσα),
Τριανταφύλλου Χρυσαυγή Επίκουρη Καθηγήτρια Τμήμα Μαθηματικών ΕΚΠΑ,
Ψυχάρης Γεώργιος Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής Τμήμα Μαθηματικών ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
Η ανάλυση του λάθους ως διδακτική πρακτική και η επίδραση της στις στάσεις των μαθητών απέναντι στα μαθηματικά
Languages:
Greek
Translated title:
Error analysis as a teaching practice and its impact on students' attitudes towards Mathematics
Summary:
The present research focuses on error analysis as a teaching practice and how it can influence
students' attitudes and perceptions towards mathematics. The research question is: how can
error analysis, when applied in private lessons, affect students' perceptions and attitudes
towards mathematics?
A preparatory interview was conducted with a first-year high school student, during which a
generally negative attitude towards mathematics and an excessive fear of making mistakes
were identified. As a response, the student was given five error analysis tasks, one during
each private lesson with the teacher. In these tasks, the student was asked to identify the error
and follow a reasoning process to understand how someone might have reached to that
mistake. After each task, a discussion was held with the student to explore how the task made
her feel, whether she gained anything from it, and how she could apply it in the future.
Through these tasks, the student appears to have changed her attitudes and perceptions
towards mathematics, with the changes observed in areas such as anxiety, interest, necessity,
and study habits. Specifically:
• Mathematics shifted from being a source of stress to a source of confidence.
• Connecting mathematics with an enjoyable process sparked curiosity and increased
the student's interest in the subject.
• Mathematics gained a new dimension and became relevant to the student's daily life.
• Studying transformed from a forced and meaningless activity into one approached
with enthusiasm and attention to detail
Main subject category:
Science
Keywords:
Error analysis , students' attitudes towards mathematics
Index:
No
Number of index pages:
0
Contains images:
No
Number of references:
84
Number of pages:
64
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