Middle School Mathematics Teachers' Opinions on Feedback
Abstract
During
instruction, providing feedbacks improves students’ academic achievements as
well as motivates them to actively engage in lesson activities. Feedback is
very important for teaching. Feedback is not only a functional tool to provide
active involvement of the students to the learning process but also affects the
academic success of the student. In this study, it is important to analyze
in-service mathematics teachers' opinions on feedback. This study is
conceptualized as a qualitative study. The data of this study included
in-service teachers’ responses to a semi-structured questionnaire, which
created by the researchers. In-service teachers’ responses to the interview
questions were audio taped and later transcribed verbatim to conduct a content
analysis. Twelve mathematics teachers working in 12 different schools in a
central district of Kırşehir voluntarily participated in the study during the
2015-2016 academic year. The data of the study were obtained conducting
face-to-face interviews with the mathematics teachers. Teachers’ responses to
the questionnaire items were analyzed thematically and classified under the
following seven headings: style of the feedback, scope of the feedback,
principles of providing the feedback, difficulties experienced when providing
the feedback, reasons for providing insufficient feedback, the benefits of the
feedback, and the significance of the feedback in learning. The results are
presented in relation to the literature in the area. Teachers agree that it is not possible to complete students’ gaps in
Mathematics with the courses offered in the collective education system. Based on the findings some suggestions about
the usage of feedback were provided.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Studies on Education
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Hacı Ömer Beydoğan
This is me
Türkiye
Publication Date
January 1, 2018
Submission Date
March 21, 2017
Acceptance Date
August 14, 2017
Published in Issue
Year 2018 Volume: 5 Number: 1