ISBN-13: 9783639128888 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 136 str.
This qualitative study explored fifth graders' perceptions of their mathematics learning within the context of a reform effort. Students' voices are the focus of this study due to the paucity of literature on student learning from the students' perspective (Erickson & Shultz, 1992), particularly the elementary student (Gentilucci, 2004). The participants of this study, who in the past have been given a variety of labels including "disadvantaged" or "at-risk," clearly articulated, even in nonstandard English, their perceptions of their mathematics learning. They passionately explained what helped them learn mathematics as well as what impeded their mathematics learning and were often incredibly insightful in their commentary.
This qualitative study explored fifth gradersperceptions of their mathematics learning within thecontext of a reform effort. Students voices are thefocus of this study due to the paucity of literatureon student learning from the students perspective(Erickson & Shultz, 1992), particularly theelementary student (Gentilucci, 2004). Theparticipants of this study, who in the past have beengiven a variety of labels including "disadvantaged"or "at-risk," clearly articulated, even innonstandard English, their perceptions of theirmathematics learning. They passionately explainedwhat helped them learn mathematics as well as whatimpeded their mathematics learning and were oftenincredibly insightful in their commentary.