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Peningkatan Motivasi Dan Minat Belajar Matematika Siswa Melalui Pendekatan Kontekstual Dalam Pembelajaran Matematika Yang Bermakna, Rahmita Yuliana Gazali, Muh. Fajaruddin Atsnan

PYTHAGORAS : Jurnal Matematika dan Pendidikan Matematika

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan motivasi dan minat belajar matematika siswa melalui pendekatan kontekstual dalam pembelajaran matematika yang bermakna. Tujuan lain penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui keterlaksanaan pembelajaran dengan pendekatan kontekstual oleh guru matematika kelas VIII di SMP Negeri 7 Banjarmasin dan SMP Negeri 24 Banjarmasin. Penelitian dilaksanakan di kelas VIII B SMP Negeri 7 Banjarmasin dan kelas VIII F SMP Negeri 24 Banjarmasin. Subyek penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas VIII B SMP Negeri 7 Banjarmasin sebanyak 27 orang dan siswa kelas VIII F SMP Negeri 24 Banjarmasin tahun pelajaran 2016/2017 sebanyak 30 orang. Hasil penelitian di kelas VIII B …

Kids Inspire Kids For Steam, Kristof Fenyvesi, Tony Houghton, José Manuel Diego-Mantecón, Elizabeth Crilly, Adrian Oldknow, Zsolt Lavicza, Teresa F. Blanco

The STEAM Journal

The goal of the Kids Inspiring Kids in STEAM (KIKS) project was to raise students’ awareness towards the multi- and transdisciplinary connections between the STEAM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Mathematics), and make the learning about topics and phenomena from these fields more enjoyable. In order to achieve these goals, KIKS project has popularized the STEAM-concept by projects based on the students inspiring other students-approach and by utilizing new technologies, tools, open educational resources, and everyday items and materials. Through the students-inspiring-other-students-approach, we have aimed to get participating students developing STEAM activities for other students in their own local …

Sixth Graders Investigate Models And Designs Through Teacher-Directed And Student-Centered Inquiry Lessons: Effects On Performance And Attitudes, Benjamin D. Olsen, Audrey C. Rule

Journal of STEM Arts, Crafts, and Constructions

Science inquiry has been found to be effective with students from diverse backgrounds and varied academic abilities. This study compared student learning, enjoyment, motivation, perceived understanding, and creativity during a science unit on Models and Designs for 38 sixth grade students (20 male, 18 female; 1 Black, 1 Hispanic and 36 White). The unit began with a very teacher-centered approach, then became increasingly student-centered, employing more inquiry with each lesson set to determine the effects of student-centered instruction on performance and attitudes. Pretest-posttest data with specific questions tied to each lesson set were collected, as well as repeated measures attitude …

Self-Efficacy: Understanding African American Male Students Pathways To Confidence In Mathematics, Lisa Ann Williams

Wayne State University Dissertations

This dissertation is about the stories of African American male undergraduate students who have experienced success in mathematics. Bandura’s (1997) social cognitive theory and Tillman’s (2000) culturally sensitive research approach which promotes qualitative methods, recognizes ethnicity, and positions culture as central to the research were applied. Student interviews, parent interviews, teacher interviews, and mathematical autobiographies were used to investigate African American men self-efficacy, the sources of their beliefs, and societal factors that impacted their motivation and academic achievement in mathematics.

The descriptive portraits and the interviews revealed five broad themes: (1) college experiences, (2) K-12 experiences, (3) access and equity, …