EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES IN LEARNING MATHEMATICS FOR PRE-SERVICE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

Mathematics is a powerful subject for future development among South Asian countries as
demanded in STEM education.
questioning skills in the classrooms needs serious attention. This paper addresses this problem after a participant
observation method was employed in four secondary schools among nine teachers and 221 students (F= 120;
M= 101) aged between 13 to 16 years old in Penang, Malaysia in Mid 2015. It was found qualitatively teachers
found it easier to ask directly rather than more worded and tricky questions. This was to maintain attention in
mathematics learning. Strategies are recommended covering few approaches and visual tools in GeoGebra to
be learnt all along among potential teacher trainees and lecturers.