Forms and contents in teaching mathematics

Prilikom poređenja obrazovnih postignuća učenika iz različitih zemalja potrebno je razmotriti kontekstualne uslove učenja koji mogu uticati na postignuće učenika, a u koje, između ostalog, spada i način organizacije i realizacije nastavnih aktivnosti na času. U radu su predstavljeni nalazi koji se odnose na oblike i sadržaj aktivnosti u nastavi matematike u našoj školi, dobijeni pilot ispitivanjem sprovedenim u okviru međunarodnog istraživanja obrazovnih postignuća učenika osnovnih škola iz oblasti prirodnih nauka i matematike. Konkretnije, analizovani su odgovarajući ajtemi iz upitnika za učenike i nastavnike matematike koji su se odnosili na sadržaj i tipove aktivnosti učenika u nastavi matematike i način realizacije nastave iz ovog predmeta. Istraživanje je sprovedeno u 34 osnovne škole u Srbiji i obuhvatilo je 1461 učenika osmog razreda i 65 nastavnika matematike. Dobijeni rezultati analiziraju se u svetlu savremenih teorijskih i empirijskih saznanja iz oblasti didaktike i porede sa nalazima dobijenim u drugim sredinama. .Comparing educational achievements of students from different countries, it is necessary to discuss contextual conditions of students which may influence the students’ achievements, and organization matters as well as realization of teaching contents in the class also belong to them. There are reviews shown in this paper which refer to forms and contents of activities in teaching mathematics in our school, which were obtained by the pilot research done within international research of educational achievements of the primary school students considering natural sciences and mathematics. More precisely, some items from the questionnaire were analyzed and they referred to students and teachers and their contents and types of activities of students in teaching mathematics and ways of realization teaching this subject. The research has been done in 34 primary schools in Serbia and it included 1461 students of the eighth grade and 65 mathematics teachers. The results are discussed in the light of contemporary theoretical and empirical knowledge from didactics and they are analyzed with results obtained in order places.