SECONDARY SCHOOL
Jo rma Jo uts e nlahti
De partme nt o f Te ac he r Educ atio n Unive rsity o f Tampe re
• Intro duc tio n
• The o re tic al frame wo rk
• Aim and pe rspe c tive s
Finland and Korea, and the
partners Chinese Taipei and Hong Kong-China, outperformed all
other countries/economies in PISA 2006.
• Intro duc tio n
• The o re tic al frame wo rk
• Aim and pe rspe c tive s
THEORETICAL FRAM EWORK 1 / 4
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THEORETICAL
FRAM EWORK 4 / 4 Anthro po lo gic al
• Intro duc tio n
• The o re tic al frame wo rk
• Aim and pe rspe c tive s
AIM OF THE STUDY
The main pro ble m in the s tudy is to de s c ribe
fe ature s o f the s tude nt's mathe matic al thinking
The s ub pro ble ms c o ns ide r what kinds o f diffe re nc e s exis t in the mathe matic al
Three perspectives
•Que s tio nary
•Inte rvie ws • Te st analysis
• Bac kro und knowle dge
•Ite m analys is
Societal
GRADE AT THE END OF UPPER-SECONDARY SCHOOL
• Intro duc tio n
• The o re tic al frame wo rk
• Aim and pe rspe c tive s
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GRADE AT THE END OF UPPER-SECONDARY SCHOOL
R2
R3
R1
R4
R1 ''SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS''
Five fe ature s o f the ir mathe matic al pro fic ie nc y are we ll de ve lo pe d.
appre c iate mathe matic s as an impo rtant and ple as e nt s ubje c t.
have pe rs e ve ranc e to s truggle with c o mplex mathe matic al pro ble ms .
The y had diffic ultie s in mathe matic s c o urs e s , but the y s tudie d hard and the ir mathe matic al pro fic ie nc y de ve lo pe d jus t be fo re matric ulatio n e xaminatio n. (e s pe c ially pro c e dural flue nc y)
The y have pe rse ve ranc e to struggle with c o mple x mathe matic s pro ble ms .
R3 ''´ JUST DOING´ STUDENTS''
c o nc e ntrate d o n pro c e dural flue nc y.
fe lt that the re was to o fast te mpo in
mathe matic s le sso ns and the re fo re the y didn’ t unde rs tand ne w c o nc e pts de e ply.
s e lf-c o nfide nc e in mathe matic s was we ak
Mo s t s tude nts ín the ”lo s e rs ” – gro up c ho ic e d mathe matic s as an o ptio nal te st and the y had c o nc e ntrate d o n c o mpulso ry te sts (c alc ulatio n: o ptimize re s ult, minimize wo rk)
quite go o d base (grade 6 o r 7 ) in mathe matic s to de ve lo pe the ir mathe matic al pro fic ie nc y if the y just had studie d mo re syste matic ally
se lf-c o nfide nc e in mathe matic s was we ak
