How Teaching Styles Affect to Enhance Students' Mathematical Education

Abstract

In the educational field, teaching styles are one of the most important aspects because student’s knowledge, skills, and attitudes are dependent on it. Suitable teaching styles differ from subject to subject. Hence, we should find out the most suitable teaching styles for each subject. Mathematics is considered one of the most difficult subjects among students and it is a complex subject with practical applications. The main purpose of this research was to find out how teaching styles affect to enhance student’s Mathematical education. The objectives of the study were to find out the most suitable teaching styles to teach mathematics and the advantages and disadvantages of each teaching style towards it. Under a qualitative research design, a semi-structured interview method with open-ended questions was used to collect data. The sample was six participants inclusive of both males and females from a rural provincial school in the Rathnapura district of Sri Lanka. The data were analyzed using thematic analysis. Results indicated that teaching styles directly influenced to enhance student’s mathematical education. Further, it showed that every teaching style had advantages and disadvantages. Yet, the results could not confirm what the best teaching style for mathematical education is. The findings of the research will help spur further research to identify what the most suitable teaching style for mathematical education is and the positive and negative outcomes of each teaching style.