TY - JOUR
T1 - Success factors for a national problem-driven program aimed at enhancing affective performance in mathematics learning
AU - Wang, Ting Ying
AU - Lin, Fou-Lai
AU - Yang, Kai Lin
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded by Ministry of Education.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, FIZ Karlsruhe.
PY - 2021/10
Y1 - 2021/10
N2 - Students’ negative affective performance in mathematics learning is a global problem, and the situation is especially challenging in high-achieving East Asian countries. Taiwan’s Just Do Math (JDM) program was launched to resolve this problem and to serve as an example of successful scaling up with regard to implementation of innovation. We developed a framework consisting of a synthesis of the literature on essentials for successful implementation and for scaling up, and applied this framework for the purpose of identification of the factors contributing to the success of the JDM program. The identified factors include the following: the development of low-complexity sources for teachers’ use and the low degree of adaptation required to sustain fidelity; the consideration of characteristics of adopters to promote innovation outside schools; construction of communication channels to ensure the dissemination of the core ideas of JDM; the feedback mechanism through which participating teachers can acknowledge the relative advantages of innovation as realized in the program; the consideration of the influence of historical, social, political, and economic factors on program implementation; and the efforts to ensure teachers’ in-depth learning, acknowledgment of the promoted principles, and the sustainability of implementation through implementation of JDM activities in regular mathematics classes.
AB - Students’ negative affective performance in mathematics learning is a global problem, and the situation is especially challenging in high-achieving East Asian countries. Taiwan’s Just Do Math (JDM) program was launched to resolve this problem and to serve as an example of successful scaling up with regard to implementation of innovation. We developed a framework consisting of a synthesis of the literature on essentials for successful implementation and for scaling up, and applied this framework for the purpose of identification of the factors contributing to the success of the JDM program. The identified factors include the following: the development of low-complexity sources for teachers’ use and the low degree of adaptation required to sustain fidelity; the consideration of characteristics of adopters to promote innovation outside schools; construction of communication channels to ensure the dissemination of the core ideas of JDM; the feedback mechanism through which participating teachers can acknowledge the relative advantages of innovation as realized in the program; the consideration of the influence of historical, social, political, and economic factors on program implementation; and the efforts to ensure teachers’ in-depth learning, acknowledgment of the promoted principles, and the sustainability of implementation through implementation of JDM activities in regular mathematics classes.
KW - Affective performance in mathematics learning
KW - Implementation
KW - Just Do Math
KW - Mathematics grounding activity
KW - Scaling up
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U2 - 10.1007/s11858-021-01285-8
DO - 10.1007/s11858-021-01285-8
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85111117805
VL - 53
SP - 1121
EP - 1136
JO - ZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education
JF - ZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education
SN - 1863-9690
IS - 5
ER -