Naslov
The Role of Mathematics Textbooks in Lower Secondary Education in Croatia: An Empirical Study

Autori
Glasnović Gracin, Dubravka ; Jukić Matić, Ljerka

Izvornik
The Mathematics educator (0218-9100) 16 (2016), 2; 31-58

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Mathematics textbook ; Mathematics teacher ; Textbook use

Sažetak
This paper reports a study on the use of mathematics textbooks as curriculum resources in lower secondary education in Croatia. The focus of the study is placed on how and why the textbook is used during the teaching of new content and the practicing phase in classrooms. The aim of the study was also to investigate the influence of a textbook on the teaching instructions. The study was conducted using classroom observations supplemented with interviews with mathematics teachers from observed classrooms. The findings showed that the textbook played a central role in teachers' lesson preparation, as well as in the selection of worked examples and practice exercises for the students. Textbooks were also shown to be very important as a source for homework. The interviews revealed the influence of a social dimension on the utilization of mathematics textbooks in the classroom.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Matematika, Pedagogija

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