Enhancing Students’ Understanding of Algebra Concepts through Cooperative Computer Instruction
Amos Isiaka Gambari 1 * , Ahmed Tajudeen Shittu 2, Oladipupo Abimbola Taiwo 1
1 Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria
2 Al-Hikmah University Ilorin, Nigeria
* Corresponding Author
PEDAGOGICAL RES, Volume 1, Issue 2, Article No: 55.
https://doi.org/10.20897/lectito.201655
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Abstract
Values are the personal convictions which one finds important. Three different aspects which are associated with mathematics education differently are identified, namely, values through mathematics education, values of mathematics education, and values for mathematics. These are paired with Bishop's (1996) conceptions of general educational, mathematical, and mathematics educational values respectively. This article provides examples of what these values might look like in different classroom scenarios, and how values as a volitional construct scaffolds cognitive and affective developments in mathematics learning. Implications for teachers include the need to assess validly what students value, and the need to better understand how teachers practise values alignment within their own classrooms. In so doing, appropriate valuing by teachers and their students can serve its purpose of fostering mathematical understanding and/or performance.
Keywords
Values, values alignment, values assessment, volition, WIFI Study
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In-text citation: (Gambari et al., 2016)
Reference: Gambari, A. I., Shittu, A. T., and Taiwo, O. A. (2016). Enhancing Students’ Understanding of Algebra Concepts through Cooperative Computer Instruction.
Pedagogical Research, 1(2), 55.
https://doi.org/10.20897/lectito.201655
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In-text citation: (Gambari et al., 2016)
Reference: Gambari, A. I., Shittu, A. T., & Taiwo, O. A. (2016). Enhancing Students’ Understanding of Algebra Concepts through Cooperative Computer Instruction.
Pedagogical Research, 1(2), 55.
https://doi.org/10.20897/lectito.201655
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In-text citation: (1), (2), (3), etc.
Reference: Gambari AI, Shittu AT, Taiwo OA. Enhancing Students’ Understanding of Algebra Concepts through Cooperative Computer Instruction.
Pedagogical Research. 2016;1(2), 55.
https://doi.org/10.20897/lectito.201655
Chicago
In-text citation: (Gambari et al., 2016)
Reference: Gambari, Amos Isiaka, Ahmed Tajudeen Shittu, and Oladipupo Abimbola Taiwo. "Enhancing Students’ Understanding of Algebra Concepts through Cooperative Computer Instruction".
Pedagogical Research 2016 1 no. 2 (2016): 55.
https://doi.org/10.20897/lectito.201655
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In-text citation: (Gambari et al., 2016)
Reference: Gambari, Amos Isiaka et al. "Enhancing Students’ Understanding of Algebra Concepts through Cooperative Computer Instruction".
Pedagogical Research, vol. 1, no. 2, 2016, 55.
https://doi.org/10.20897/lectito.201655
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Reference: Gambari AI, Shittu AT, Taiwo OA. Enhancing Students’ Understanding of Algebra Concepts through Cooperative Computer Instruction. Pedagogical Research. 2016;1(2):55.
https://doi.org/10.20897/lectito.201655
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Gambari, A. I., Shittu, A. T., & Taiwo, O. A. (2016). Enhancing Students’ Understanding of Algebra Concepts through Cooperative Computer Instruction. Pedagogical Research, 1(2), 55. https://doi.org/10.20897/lectito.201655
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