TY - JOUR

T1 - Teaching methods for modelling problems and students’ task-specific enjoyment, value, interest and self-efficacy expectations

AU - Schukaljow, Stanislaw

AU - Leiss, Dominik

AU - Pekrun, Reinhard

AU - Blum, Werner

AU - Müller, Marcel

AU - Messner, Rudolf

PY - 2012/2

Y1 - 2012/2

N2 - In this study which was part of the DISUM-project, 224 ninth graders from14 German classes from middle track schools (Realschule) were asked about their enjoyment, interest, value and self-efficacy expectations concerning three types of mathematical problems: intra-mathematical problems, word problems and modelling problems. Enjoyment, interest, value and self-efficacy were assessed before and after a ten-lesson teaching unit promoting modelling competency related to the topics “Pythagoras’ theorem” and “linear functions”. The study aimed to answer the following research questions: (1) Do students’ enjoyment, value, interest and self-efficacy expectations differ depending on the type of task? (2) Does the treatment of modelling problems in classroom instruction influence these variables? (3) Are there any differential effects for different ways of teaching modelling problems, including a “directive”, teacher-centred instruction and an “operative-strategic”, more studentcentredinstruction emphasising group work and strategic scaffolding by the teacher?The findings show that there were no differences in students’ enjoyment, interest, value and self-efficacy between the three types of tasks. However, teaching oriented towards modelling problems had positive effects on some of the student variables, with the student-centred teaching method producing the most beneficial effects.

AB - In this study which was part of the DISUM-project, 224 ninth graders from14 German classes from middle track schools (Realschule) were asked about their enjoyment, interest, value and self-efficacy expectations concerning three types of mathematical problems: intra-mathematical problems, word problems and modelling problems. Enjoyment, interest, value and self-efficacy were assessed before and after a ten-lesson teaching unit promoting modelling competency related to the topics “Pythagoras’ theorem” and “linear functions”. The study aimed to answer the following research questions: (1) Do students’ enjoyment, value, interest and self-efficacy expectations differ depending on the type of task? (2) Does the treatment of modelling problems in classroom instruction influence these variables? (3) Are there any differential effects for different ways of teaching modelling problems, including a “directive”, teacher-centred instruction and an “operative-strategic”, more studentcentredinstruction emphasising group work and strategic scaffolding by the teacher?The findings show that there were no differences in students’ enjoyment, interest, value and self-efficacy between the three types of tasks. However, teaching oriented towards modelling problems had positive effects on some of the student variables, with the student-centred teaching method producing the most beneficial effects.

KW - Didactics of Mathematics

KW - Affect

KW - Enjoyment

KW - Modelling problems

KW - self-efficacy

KW - Self-regulation

KW - Teaching methods

KW - Word problems

UR - https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84855346366&origin=inward&txGid=0

U2 - 10.1007/s10649-011-9341-2

DO - 10.1007/s10649-011-9341-2

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 79

SP - 215

EP - 237

JO - Educational Studies in Mathematics

JF - Educational Studies in Mathematics

SN - 1573-0816

IS - 2

ER -