Wissenschaftliche Literatur Mathematics

Darjo Felda

Mathematical Knowledge as a Passing Information or as a Useful Tool

Studien zur Schulpädagogik

For several decades now, the mathematics classes in Slovenian elementary schools have been too oriented towards mechanical learning of concepts and procedures, thus neglecting the understanding of said concepts and procedures. The pupils therefore do not see the usefulness of said knowledge, solving routine problems according to an introduced example rather than thoroughly reading the text of each task; furthermore, they are also not aware of the situation described in…

Milena Valenčič-Zuljan / Mara Cotič / Darjo Felda / Zlatan Magajna / Amalija Žakelj

The Efficiency of Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Grouping of Students in Mathematics

Didaktik in Forschung und Praxis

The questions of grouping students have always been present in the history of education with diverse intentions and according to different criteria. The researchers of education as well as teachers and pedagogues have tried to find out when the grouping should start and what the objective of grouping is, how it should be performed, and if students should be grouped into heterogeneous groups regarding their abilities or should they stay in homogeneous group. Furthermore,…

Sandra Mršnik / Majda Cencič / Daniel Doz / Darjo Felda / Mara Cotič

The Relationship Between Students᾿ Attitudes Towards Problem-Solving and Their Achievements in Mathematics

Studien zur Schulpädagogik

Different learning theories have attributed great importance to problem solving, but the perception of what influences the problem solving and what problem solving is really about differed significantly between theories. From the conception that only the reproduction of learned procedures is important for problem solving, to concepts advocating that the acquired specific knowledge suffices, that problem solving strategy is crucial, that automated mental skills play an…

Mirjam Bon Klanjšček / Jurka Lepičnik Vodopivec / Darjo Felda

Statistical Literacy Among Secondary School Students

Achieving a Higher Level of Statistical Literacy

Studien zur Schulpädagogik

The statistical education should be in step with modern didactic trends, which recommend the use of statistics in relation to everyday life and thus develop and improve statistical literacy. But as statistics is made part of mathematics instruction, solving statistical problems tends to be dominated by mathematical thinking, emphasizing mathematical models, methods and procedures, with the techniques being more important than the statistical problem itself. There is not…

Darjo Felda, Mara Cotic, Sanja Maricic

Building Mathematical Literacy by Solving Realistic Problems

Didaktik in Forschung und Praxis

Today mathematics is characterized by increasing orientation toward developing the ability of thinking, towards acquiring knowledge that has applicative value in everyday life, developing students’ independence in learning, creation of the conditions that will foster the desire and need for learning the strategies of solving and investigating a variety of mathematical problems in the framework of problem situations. Solving problems represents one of the key competences…

Darjo Felda / Mara Cotič / Boris Černilec / Amalija Žakelj / Milena Valenčič Zuljan

Effectiveness of the Learning Environment

Findings of Monitoring Mathematics Lessons

Studien zur Schulpädagogik

As mathematics classes should encourage different ways of thinking, creativity, formal knowledge and skills, and enable students to know the useful and meaningful side of mathematics, it is necessary that the organization of classes contributes to a high student achievement. The high quality classes are focused as a combination of teaching and learning to reach an effective learning environment which requires the students to persevere and work hard and represents a…

Darjo Felda, Jurka Lepicnik Vodopivec, Mirjam Bon Klanjšcek

Teaching Statistics and Statistical Literacy

Didaktik in Forschung und Praxis

In real-world environments we are faced with large amounts of information that is found in newspapers, in magazines, on television, on the Internet, and elsewhere, and that is often presented in the form of tables or graphs. Today statistical data are, unfortunately, quite often abused, mainly because of lack of knowledge in statistics, as we cannot read statistical data appropriately and critically evaluate them. Nowadays knowledge of statistics is becoming a functional…

Robert Celec (Ed.)

Education and the Challenges of Modern Society

EUB. Erziehung – Unterricht – Bildung

The monograph Education and the Challenges of Modern Society brings together the authors’ reflections on topical issues in various fields. In most cases, the authors support the theoretical premises with empirical research.

In the first chapter, Slavoljub Hilčenko, Vojislav Ilić and Sanja Filipović focus on the role of ICT in the process of education, especially in art education.

The second chapter, written by Nataša Ivanić, Sanja Nikolić and…

Mehmet E. Altin

Internationalization Through Localization: Gülen Inspired Schools

EUB. Erziehung – Unterricht – Bildung

For this study, Dr. Altin conducted an empirical study and visited Gülen inspired schools in Europe, Africa and the US. He focuses on three important issues about the Gülen Inspired schools, namely: the educational concept of the Gülen inspired schools, their global expansion, and the current situation of these schools, especially under the political pressure of the Erdogan regime after the failed coup attempt in July 2016 in Turkey. [...]

Robert Celec (Ed.)

Challenges of Modern Society From Different Perspectives

EUB. Erziehung – Unterricht – Bildung

The book »Challenges of Modern Society From Different Perspectives« presents eight contributions of twenty authors, which deal with different current thematics connected with the influence of modern social phenomenon on the individual’s development.

By flipping through individual chapters, we can get a glimpse of parental identification of interests for mathematics of their children and therefore come across different open questions that guide us in this…