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American Journal of Business and Society, Vol.5, No.2, Jun. 2020, Pub. Date: May 26, 2020
Research on the Efficiency of Cooperative Inquiry in Junior High School Mathematics Classroom in China
Pages: 84-93 Views: 1046 Downloads: 159
Authors
[01] Zezhong Yang, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China.
[02] Chunge Shi, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China.
Abstract
It is proved in many regions and countries that cooperative inquiry is an effective way to improve the effect of students learning and the quality of teaching. However, its application in china is unsatisfactory currently, especially in the mathematics classroom in junior high school. The outstanding problem is its efficiency is low. To find out the reasons, this research selected 320 junior high school students as participants and investigated the influencing factors of it. The results show that: (1) the students’ enthusiasm for cooperative inquiry is low; (2) the problems that teachers selected for students to solve by inquiry is unreasonable; (3) the physical environment in the classroom is not good; (4) the preparation for cooperative inquiry is not enough, and the time for reviewing is inadequate; (5) the teacher's inspiration, guidance, and evaluation of the students are unreasonable; (6) the cooperative inquiry procedure is unreasonable; (7) some students and teachers do not understand the meaning of cooperative inquiry completely. In view of this, we suggest that the teachers should study the related knowledge of cooperative inquiry carefully at first, master the operative method, meticulously design the environment, task and steps of activities of cooperative inquiry in the classroom, stimulate the enthusiasm of students' cooperative inquiry, and give students more time and conditions to prepare for it.
Keywords
Junior Middle School, Mathematics Classroom, Cooperative Inquiry, Learning Style, Empirical Research
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