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Pristup nastavi matematike u primarnom obrazovanju
Approach to Mathematics Teaching in Primary Education

Author(s): Ljiljanka Kvesić, Slavica Brkić
Subject(s): School education, Educational Psychology, Sociology of Education
Published by: Matica hrvatska Mostar
Keywords: teaching outcomes; primary education teaching; mathematics; formative and summative evaluation; level of knowledge by standards;

Summary/Abstract: The fundamental issue in training students to work in primary education is to develop criteria by which students will master the sufficient level of knowledge in mathematics needed for the development of logical thinking and reasoning required for other sciences and life itself. Thereby, it is necessary to develop a certain level of students’ knowledge in the field of mathematics so that future teachers are able to transfer knowledge to their pupils. The question is: what is the level of knowledge that future teachers have to achieve? If a positive attitude towards their relationship with mathematics and that is the daily work that requires continuous learning, it directs that the students will transfer their knowledge gained by formative sequence to their pupils and constantly make them accustomed to such work. Formative sequence means that the students, and later their pupils, will deal with mathematics on a daily basis, not accumulate material (summative sequence) and master only the fact that eventually lacks a specific meaning.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 23
  • Page Range: 11-21
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Croatian