Teachers’ Understanding About Executive Function Toward Mathematics

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10.2991/assehr.k.200129.035How to use a DOI?

Keywords

mathematics learning, mathematics-specific, executive function, other skills

Abstract

This study aims to explore teacher knowledge related to the skills involved in mathematics learning in the classroom and explore teacher knowledge about the important role of executive functions in mathematics learning. The method of this research was using a survey. The participants were 50 elementary school teachers asked to fill out a questionnaire about the importance of skills in several aspects: mathematics-specific (MS); executive function (EF); and other skills (OS) in mathematics learning. The results showed the importance of skills in all three aspects of mathematics learning. Teacher teaching experience has a significant effect on aspects of MS and OS but has no significant effect on aspects of EF’s role. The frequency of training has a significant effect on all skills. Especially for EF which comprises items manipulate abstract information (MAI), stores and manipulate information in their head (SMITH), focusing on relevant information and avoiding distractions (FRIAD), It found that teaching experience only affected SMITH and BATF items, while training frequency affected all items. The findings support previous research results that report the important role of executive functions and other mathematical skills. This finding also showed the awareness of primary school teachers regarding the role of executive functions (EF) not based on length of employment but the emergence of an awareness of the importance of these skills after professional training, for example how to improve working memory for students mathematical learning difficulty. The recommendation for future research to design teacher teaching training based on executive function.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Nani Restati Siregar
AU  - Supra Wimbarti
AU  - Sri Koesrohmaniah
AU  - Yulius Sunardi
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/02/06
TI  - Teachers’ Understanding About Executive Function Toward Mathematics
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Learning Innovation and Quality Education (ICLIQE 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 270
EP  - 278
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200129.035
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200129.035
ID  - Siregar2020
ER  -