South African teachers work with division actions in Grade 3
South African Journal of Childhood Education
| Field | Value | |
| Title | South African teachers work with division actions in Grade 3 | |
| Creator | Mathews, Corin D. | |
| Description | Background: Internationally, the teaching of division has noted that the use of sharing situations with sharing actions (one-by-one distribution) is the predominant division model at the beginning of schooling. In South Africa, research suggests a sharing situation with sharing actions is also preferred in the early grades.Aim: This paper aims to look at the predominant approaches to the use of division actions that teachers offer in teaching division tasks.Setting: The study is set in three government schools in Gauteng, South Africa.Methods: In this qualitative study, the teachers were observed through video recording, and then the video recording was transcribed, and semiotics was used to make sense of their teaching.Results: The findings of this article suggest that grouping actions and group-based approaches to teaching division tasks are more prevalent than sharing through one-by-one distribution actions, even when sharing situations are used.Conclusion: This study concludes that grouping actions and group-based approaches are part of how teachers solve sharing situations.Contribution: This study concludes that in a South African context, identifying the grouping actions and group-based approaches linked to sharing situations is a more efficient way of solving sharing situations and will assist teachers in explaining division tasks more coherently. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2023-12-13 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajce.v13i1.1401 | |
| Source | South African Journal of Childhood Education; Vol 13, No 1 (2023); 9 pages 2223-7682 2223-7674 | |
| Language | eng | |
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