- Title
- The implementation of strategies which could develop multiplicative reasoning of learners in grade 5 mathematics classrooms
- Creator
- Pansegrouw, Michelle
- Subject
- Mathematics--Study and teaching (Elementary)
- Subject
- Interaction analysis in education -- South Africa
- Subject
- English language--Study and teaching (Elementary)
- Date Issued
- 2021-04
- Date
- 2021-04
- Type
- Master's theses
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/54684
- Identifier
- vital:47215
- Description
- This research study explored whether the use of strategies such as the development of exploratory talk; the practice of number talks, and the possible development of growth mindsets during a four-week multiplicative reasoning intervention could improve the multiplicative reasoning skills of grade 5 learners in one urban school in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. This study is located within the social constructivist paradigm. The theory of social constructivism and communities of practice were applied when implementing the intervention lessons. The strategies implemented assisted the learners to create their own knowledge in a social constructivist setting, where the knowledge was created through social interaction and discussions. The data collected and analysed from the pre-tests and post-tests has indicated that the learners’ multiplicative reasoning skills have improved. This is evident when looking at the gains from the pre-test to the post-test. Based on the analysis of episodes of interaction among the students, it is evident that a progression of using exploratory talk has occurred from lesson 1 through to lesson 4 of the intervention. During the number talk interventions, the learners engaged in exploratory talk and indications of the development of growth mindsets were evident. At the end of the intervention the learners had not only shared their ideas, but also engaged in questioning one another’s ideas until they could mutually agree upon an answer for the problem at hand. Unfortunately, due to the time constraints caused by the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020, the effect of the development of growth mindsets could not be fully implemented and tested during the multiplicative reasoning intervention. Further research will have to be conducted in order to determine definitively the effects of these strategies on multiplicative reasoning ability of grade 5 mathematics learners.
- Description
- Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Education, 2021
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- Format
- 1 online resource (106 pages)
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Education
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
- Rights
- All Rights Reserved
- Rights
- Open Access
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