The Impact of Active and Descriptive Verbs on Mathematics Learning Outcomes in Pre-University Education
The Impact of Active and Descriptive Verbs on Mathematics Learning Outcomes in Pre-University Education

Author(s): Fatmire Vrapi, Arbër Vrapi, Asllan Vrapi
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Educational Psychology, Sociology of Education
Published by: Университет за национално и световно стопанство (УНСС)
Keywords: active verbs; descriptive verbs; learning outcomes; key competences; skills
Summary/Abstract: In learning based on educational competencies that the student acquires, it is noted that some characteristics and features distinguish it from learning based on learning objectives. The differences are not only formal but also conceptual. In learning with competencies, great importance is not what students know (facts), nor even how they understand (concepts and principles), but the actions (skills) that students perform to realise them. Formulated differently, in learning based on educational competencies, it is not enough that the student possesses knowledge, nor how he understands it, but the greater order is the action that he performs based on the knowledge he has acquired and its meaning. Some characteristics of learning based on the learning outcomes according to key competences are: In learning based on learning outcomes according to key competences, it is not enough to know the knowledge, but it is important to do, to act, and to demonstrate the skills. Competency-based teaching aims to place the student at the centre of the learning process. Competency-based teaching and student-centred teaching are interconnected, because both have in mind the student and the learning process. The competency-based curriculum shifts the focus of attention from the learning of subject content with the teacher at the centre to the learning centred on the student, capable of using the learned knowledge. As a result, teaching in the curriculum based on key competences offers different learning situations through which the student is formed in the intellectual, social, cultural, and civic aspects. Key competences include the integration of skills, abilities, knowledge, attitudes and values to achieve sustainable, self-directed and creative learning. In this way, the Key Learning Competence is the sum of the combination of knowledge, abilities, attitudes, and educational values that the student acquires. Key Learning Competencies = Knowledge + Skills + Expressions + Values (combined).

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