ERIC Number: EJ1372345
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-1029-8457
EISSN: EISSN-1811-7295
Learning Mathematics in an After-School Mathematics Club
African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, v26 n3 p237-247 2022
Learning mathematics is as much about developing relationships with mathematics as the development of mathematics concepts and skills. Mathematics clubs usually support learners to develop relationships with mathematics through engaging with challenging mathematics problems, exploring mathematical ideas, and communicating and sharing their ideas. This paper reports on research on such a mathematics club. Data sources included learners' mathematics results, short written responses after club sessions and interviews with club learners. Data were analysed quantitatively and qualitatively. The study shows that club learners' school results improved relative to non-club learners, that learners' experiences of mathematics in club and class were very different from each other and that the club supported different relationships with mathematics than learners experienced in class. The study suggests that mathematics clubs can support learners' positive relationships with mathematics.
Descriptors: After School Programs, Mathematics, Clubs, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Education, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade 10, Teacher Student Relationship
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education; Elementary Education; Grade 8; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Grade 9; High Schools; Grade 10
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Africa (Johannesburg)
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