Utility of mathematical knowledge as a motivating factor in students' learning of Adult Secondary Education

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Donvito, Angel Eduardo; Otero, Maria Rita
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2019
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This paper analyzes the utility of the mathematics for Adult Secondary Education (ASE) as a factor to recover motivation in learning. The results of a survey with N=820 ASE students about their perspectives of the utility of mathematics are presented. The results show that teaching mathematics based on its inherent formative utility for daily life and work, could reduce much of adults’ difficulty to study mathematics. For mathematics to be useful for students, mental calculation and numerical operations should take an important place in the school curriculum. Mathematics problems should be developed in a similar way to those that adults face daily, regaining the arithmetic knowledge which adults master. The current way Algebra is taught should be reconsidered, students admit it is unhelpful, despite its potential. This phenomenon suggests a new research question: What type of school algebra should be taught in ASE?
Fil: Donvito, Angel Eduardo. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Núcleo de Investigación en Educacion Ciencia y Tecnologia; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tandil; Argentina
Fil: Otero, Maria Rita. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Núcleo de Investigación en Educacion Ciencia y Tecnologia; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tandil; Argentina
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ADULT SECONDARY EDUCATION
TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS
UTILITY
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Utility of mathematical knowledge as a motivating factor in students' learning of Adult Secondary Education
title Utility of mathematical knowledge as a motivating factor in students' learning of Adult Secondary Education
spellingShingle Utility of mathematical knowledge as a motivating factor in students' learning of Adult Secondary Education
Donvito, Angel Eduardo
ADULT SECONDARY EDUCATION
TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS
UTILITY
title_short Utility of mathematical knowledge as a motivating factor in students' learning of Adult Secondary Education
title_full Utility of mathematical knowledge as a motivating factor in students' learning of Adult Secondary Education
title_fullStr Utility of mathematical knowledge as a motivating factor in students' learning of Adult Secondary Education
title_full_unstemmed Utility of mathematical knowledge as a motivating factor in students' learning of Adult Secondary Education
title_sort Utility of mathematical knowledge as a motivating factor in students' learning of Adult Secondary Education
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Donvito, Angel Eduardo
Otero, Maria Rita
author Donvito, Angel Eduardo
author_facet Donvito, Angel Eduardo
Otero, Maria Rita
author_role author
author2 Otero, Maria Rita
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv ADULT SECONDARY EDUCATION
TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS
UTILITY
topic ADULT SECONDARY EDUCATION
TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS
UTILITY
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv This paper analyzes the utility of the mathematics for Adult Secondary Education (ASE) as a factor to recover motivation in learning. The results of a survey with N=820 ASE students about their perspectives of the utility of mathematics are presented. The results show that teaching mathematics based on its inherent formative utility for daily life and work, could reduce much of adults’ difficulty to study mathematics. For mathematics to be useful for students, mental calculation and numerical operations should take an important place in the school curriculum. Mathematics problems should be developed in a similar way to those that adults face daily, regaining the arithmetic knowledge which adults master. The current way Algebra is taught should be reconsidered, students admit it is unhelpful, despite its potential. This phenomenon suggests a new research question: What type of school algebra should be taught in ASE?
Fil: Donvito, Angel Eduardo. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Núcleo de Investigación en Educacion Ciencia y Tecnologia; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tandil; Argentina
Fil: Otero, Maria Rita. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Núcleo de Investigación en Educacion Ciencia y Tecnologia; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tandil; Argentina
description This paper analyzes the utility of the mathematics for Adult Secondary Education (ASE) as a factor to recover motivation in learning. The results of a survey with N=820 ASE students about their perspectives of the utility of mathematics are presented. The results show that teaching mathematics based on its inherent formative utility for daily life and work, could reduce much of adults’ difficulty to study mathematics. For mathematics to be useful for students, mental calculation and numerical operations should take an important place in the school curriculum. Mathematics problems should be developed in a similar way to those that adults face daily, regaining the arithmetic knowledge which adults master. The current way Algebra is taught should be reconsidered, students admit it is unhelpful, despite its potential. This phenomenon suggests a new research question: What type of school algebra should be taught in ASE?
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Donvito, Angel Eduardo; Otero, Maria Rita; Utility of mathematical knowledge as a motivating factor in students' learning of Adult Secondary Education; University of Patras. Department of Educational Sciences and Early Childhood Education; Educational Journal of the University of Patras UNESCO Chair; 6; 2; 6-2019; 62-70
2241-9152
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