Mathematics in the Junior High School: As mathematics teachers we're foundation engineers

1959 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-39
Author(s):  
Edwin Eagle
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Mathematics Teachers ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Building Foundation

Engineers are sometimes faced with the problem of a building foundation that has become incapable of carrying its load. In some cases, because of poor engineering in initial stages, an adequate foundation had never been built.

scholarly journals Junior high school mathematics teachers’ knowledge in calculators

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 80-93
Author(s):  
Isaac Bengre Taley ◽  
Matilda Sarpong Adusei
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Mathematics Teachers ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Real Life ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
High School Mathematics ◽  
School Students ◽  
High School Mathematics Teachers

Helping junior high school students to use calculators and computers for problem solving and investigating real-life situations is an objective of the junior high school mathematics curriculum in Ghana. Ironically, there is a technological drought in junior high school mathematics instruction in Ghana, with a suspicion that mathematics teachers’ competency in the use of calculators for teaching may be the source of this lack of use. This study sought to establish a correlation between junior high school mathematics teachers’ competence and the motivation supporting the use of calculators in teaching.  A descriptive survey comprising of a test and questionnaire was used to collect data from junior high school mathematics teachers in an educational district in Ghana. Teacher characteristics such as educational attainment, age, and gender in relation to teachers’ competency in the use of calculators were discussed in the study. The results showed that about 70% of the teachers exhibited a low level of calculator competence. Besides, novice teachers outperformed expert teachers in the calculator competency-based test. Additionally, mathematics teachers’ enthusiasm for using calculators in teaching was directly associated with the teachers’ level of competency. The findings may send a signal to stakeholders in their efforts to revising the Ghana JHS curriculum in order to actualize the curriculum desire for the integration of technology in the teaching and learning of JHS mathematics.

An individualized mathematics program in junior high school

1972 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-57
Author(s):  
Lloyd J. Ogilvie
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Mathematics Teachers ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Additional Time ◽  
Mathematics Program ◽  
Personal Level

The Caledonia, Minnesota, mathematics teachers have devised an individualized mathematics program with the goal of enabling each student to work at his personal rate and at his personal level of achievement. It was hoped that students would cease competing with classmates and begin competing with themselves as they began assuming the responsibility for their own learning. An open-ended program would permit capable students to progress as far as their interest and ability would permit. Students who previously reached mere threshold understanding would gain additional time for better comprehension of the concepts involved by contracting for units of work.

Mathematics in the Junior High School: Using mathematical recreations in the junior high school

1955 ◽  
Vol 48 (7) ◽  
pp. 484-487
Author(s):  
Arthur J. Hall
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Mathematics Teachers ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High

What are mathematical recreations? What good are they? Where can they be found? How are they most effectively used? What research has been done on their use and effectiveness? These were the questions that an in-service seminar for mathematics teachers, under the direction of the writer, undertook to answer.

Mathematics Notebooks in Middle School and Junior High School

1997 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-38
Author(s):  
J. J. Price ◽  
Mary Canarecci ◽  
Jim Conrad ◽  
Doreen Ehresnzan ◽  
Carmie Foster ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Middle School ◽  
Mathematics Teachers ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Educational Philosophy ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Strong Emphasis ◽  
Student Portfolios

Current educational philosophy places strong emphasis on student portfolios. Although some states require portfolios, many mathematics teachers are unsure about how to implement their use in classrooms. One way to develop a pool of items for potential inclusion in the mathematics portfolio is to have students keep a working portfolio in the form of a notebook.

scholarly journals HAMBATAN GURU MATEMATIKA SEKOLAH MENENGAH PERTAMA DALAM MENERAPKAN KURIKULUM BARU

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Heri Retnawati
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Mathematics Teachers ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Lesson Plan ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
High School Mathematics ◽  
New Curriculum ◽  
High School Mathematics Teachers

Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan mendeskripsikan hambatan guru matematika SMP dalam mengimplementasikan Kurikulum 2013. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif eksploratif dengan pendekatan kualitatif. Data dikumpulkan dengan teknik wawancara dan focus group discussion. Sumber data adalah 10 guru mata pelajaran matematika SMP di Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta. Analisis data dilakukan dengan mencari tema, kemudian menentukan hubungan antartema untuk memeroleh pemahaman. Hasil penelitian sebagai berikut. Pertama, pelatihan dan sosialisasi belum dapat memberikan pemahaman yang baik dan menyeluruh mengenai Kurikulum 2013. Kedua, guru kesulitan mengatur waktu pada perencanaan pembelajaran, merencanakan pembelajaran, merencanakan penilaian sikap, dan memilah pengetahuan dan keterampilan pada penyusunan instrumen penilaian. Ketiga, keterbatasan waktu dalam pelaksanaan pembelajaran, kesulitan berkaitan dengan perangkat pembelajaran, dan kesulitan mengaktifkan siswa. Keempat, sistem penilaian yang rumit dan perlu waktu yang lama untuk menyusun laporan. Kata Kunci: hambatan guru matematika SMP, implementasi kurikulum baru THE OBSTACLES OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL MATHEMATICS TEACHERS IN IMPLEMENTING THE NEW CURRICULUM Abstract: The study was to describe the obstacles of junior high school mathematics teachers in implementing the new curriculum, namely Curriculum 2013, in most of junior high schools in Indonesia. The study was a descriptive explorative research by means of qualitative approach. The data were gathered by means of interviews and focus group discussions. The data source was 10 junior high school mathematics teachers in the Province of Yogyakarta Special Region, Indonesia. The data were analyzed by looking for the themes and finding the relationship among the themes in order to gain the proper understanding. The results of the study showed that the obstacles that the teachers were as follows. First, the socialization and training programs had not been able to provide good and through understanding of the new curriculum. Second, the teachers had difficulties in arranging the time for the lesson plan, the teaching plan, the attitude assessment plan and the categorization between the knowledge and the skills in the composition of assessment instrument. Third, the implementation of the lesson plan had limited time in addition to the difficulties in designing the teaching kits and in activating the students. Forth, the assessment system was intricated and time consuming especially in the reporting process. Keywords: obstacles of junior high school mathematics teachers, implementing new curriculum

scholarly journals Pelatihan Geogebra Sebagai Media Pembelajaran Matematika Pada Guru-Guru SMP Di Kota Mataram Tahun 2021

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-155
Author(s):  
Amrullah Amrullah ◽  
Nilza Humaira Salsabila ◽  
Junaidi Junaidi ◽  
Hapipi Hapipi ◽  
Sudi Prayitno
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Mathematics Teachers ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Mathematics Learning ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Teacher Competence ◽  
Learning Mathematics ◽  
The City

In the 2019 survey, 82.2% of teachers never participated in media training, especially learning media based on geogebra technology. Meanwhile, 92.8% of teachers stated that mathematics requires learning media. The low quality of education in NTB requires special attention from both the government and the private sector, so it is important to conduct technology-based learning media training in order to improve the quality of education, especially improving the quality of teachers. The training was carried out using offline and online methods for two days, 19 and 20 August 2021 at SMPN 16 Mataram. The training was attended by 22 participants from junior high school mathematics teachers in the city of Mataram. In the implementation of the training, an evaluation was carried out using questionnaires and observations. The conclusions from the results of the service were as follows: Geogebra training as a medium for learning mathematics for SMP teachers in the city of Mataram in 2021 received a very good response and was well received by the teachers. Geogebra training as a medium for learning mathematics for junior high school teachers in the city of Mataram in 2021 is very in line with what is expected by mathematics teachers in the City of Mataram and increases teacher competence in the context of applying technology in learning to develop technology-based mathematics learning media.

scholarly journals High school mathematics teachers’ competence on the contents of a quantitative research paper

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1202
Author(s):  
Lany D. Dullas ◽  
Samuel R. Soliven
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Mathematics Teachers ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
High School Mathematics ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
High School Mathematics Teachers

<span>Competence in research is an attractive feature that should be established for all practitioners because specialists with training and expertise in research will recognize strategic thinking, interpretation, and synthesizing more easily. Hence, this study aimed to describe the knowledge competency among junior high school mathematics teachers on the research processes applied on the contents of the various sections of a quantitative research paper. The descriptive method of research has been used to characterize the knowledge competence of 108 junior high school teachers on the research processes. The study used the research skill test, which was a researcher-made instrument, consisting of 50 multiple choice items with four choices each. The instrument went through the process of validity and reliability analysis obtaining a good result of 0.81. This study revealed that they were “novice” or had achieved the learning level of competency on the research processes applied on the contents of the different parts of a quantitative research paper. More so, they identified that interpretation of statistical results was a challenging part of doing a research paper.</span>

Professionalized Subject Matter for Junior High School Mathematics Teachers

1953 ◽  
Vol 46 (8) ◽  
pp. 541-547
Author(s):  
Myron F. Rosskopf
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Mathematics Teachers ◽  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Junior High ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Junior High School Teachers

Much has been written concerning the training of secondary school mathematics teachers. Leaders in mathematics education have had many words to say about both the educational and mathematical training of prospective teachers. Usually the latter training is divided into pure mathematics and professional mathematics. The concern of this paper is the professional mathematics training of junior high school teachers. Of approximately fifty references that were examined in the preparation of this paper, there were only two that treated explicitly the content of a professionalized subject-matter course.1 The others made recommendation that such a course ought to be given or that it should be included in a professional-training program but did not give specific information. The question of what to include in a professionalized subject-matter course or how far to go with such a course is still an open question. In this paper an effort will be made to indicate with two or three topics how far to go in such a course. No attempt will be made to indicate what to include in a semester or full-year course.

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