Development and Testing of Teaching Methods and Material for the Increase of a Long-Standing Success in Teaching at Secondary Schools in Indonesia (NaMI)

Scientific Supervision:

Prof. Dr. Elmar Cohors-Fresenborg (Osnabrück), apl. Prof. Dr. Christa Kaune (Osnabrück)

Cooperation project between the Institute for Cognitive Mathematics of the University of Osnabrück, the Research Institute für Mathematics Education e.V. (Osnabrück) as well as the Stowarzyszenie Badan i Rozwoju Procesu Nauczania i Uczenia sie Matematyki MATHESIS (Pyzdry, Polen).

Schools participating:

1. SMP Kalam Kudus, Solo, Zentraljava

Duration: 01.04.2011 until 31.07.2013

Initial Position:

Based on the feasibility study "Development of metacognitive and discursive activities in Indonesian maths teaching" (MeDIM), the pilot study is meant to design and test measures to enable the pupils to really understand the mathematical concepts and procedures acquired in maths class.

Planned Measures:

• Generation of a learning environment,
• creation of new types of problems, which animate the learners' planning, monitoring and reflection skills,
• teacher training with respect to the diagnosis of metacognitive and discursive activities of learners and teachers by following specific theoretical guidelines when analyzing lesson recordings,
• teacher training regarding the use of newly developed learning environments, the conception of a different type of problems and the improvement of the teaching culture,
• development and execution of tests. 

Financial Support:

• MISEREOR: Research grants
• Catholic Academic Exhange Service (KAAD): Postgraduate Scholarship for 12 months
• Research Institute for Mathematics Education e.V.: Research grants

Literature:

Kaune, C. & Nowinska, E. (2011): Development of Metacognitive and Discursive Activities in Indonesian Maths Teaching - A theory based analysis of communication processes.
In Collection of Papers of the International Seminar and the 4^th National Conference on Mathematics Education "Building the Nation Character through Humanistic Mathematics Education", Yogyakarta, 21-23 July 2011, S. U24-U35. PDF
In Booklet of the International Seminar and the Fourth National Conference on Mathematics Education 2011 "Building the Nation Character through Humanistic Mathematics Education", Yogyakarta, 21-23 July 2011, S. 62-71.
German version: Entwicklung metakognitiver und diskursiver Aktivitäten im indonesischen Mathematik-Unterricht - Theoriegeleitete Analyse von Kommunikationsprozessen. PDF

Learning Materials:

Kaune, C. & Cohors-Fresenborg, E. (2011): Perjanjian untuk Berhitung. Buku Kerja untuk Siswa Kelas 7. Osnabrück: Forschungsinstitut für Mathematikdidaktik.

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