Investigating the impact of teacher support on the factors and related processes of mathematical problem-solving

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21K20210
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: :Education and related fields
• Research Institution: Kokushikan University (2023); Hyogo University of Teacher Education (2021-2022)
• Principal Investigator: Shimizu Yuno 国士舘大学, 文学部, 講師 (40910237)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-08-30 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 数学教師の支援 / 数学的問題解決

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of the study was to develop a questionnaire scale that could measure mathematics teachers' support and elucidate the impact of mathematics teacher support on the factors and related processes of mathematical problem-solving. The following two results were obtained from a web-based survey of high school students. First, I developed a mathematics teacher support scale comprising 30 items from five subscales with a certain degree of validity: 'motivational support', 'thinking support', 'collaborative learning support', 'classroom climate support' and 'use of ICT'. Second, among the mathematics teachers' support, the results suggest that motivational support and thinking support encourage students' positive engagement, positive affect and cognitive participation in mathematics learning, which leads to their ability to solve mathematical problems and, in turn, to the improvement and enhancement of their mathematics academic performance.

Free Research Field

教育学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の学術的および社会的意義は、次の2点である。第一に、数学教師の支援を測定できる質問紙尺度を開発できたことから、多くの教師に共通する支援の測定、ならびに測定に掛かる時間やコストの大幅な削減が可能となったことである。第二に、数学的問題解決の要因と関連プロセスに寄与する数学教師の支援を解明でき、どのような支援が望ましいのかを提示することができたことである。