Students’ perception on blending mathematics teaching with kindness

Artigo2025

Nagham M. Mohammad ORCID; Daniel Kraus ORCID; Geordie Richards ORCID; Erin McCubbin ORCID

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Resumo

This paper showcases the effectiveness of integrating deliberate acts of kindness (DAKs) into mathematics education at the university level. Kindness was incorporated into engaged labs, mid-class online quizzes, small-group collaboration, and final grade calculations. Instructors also learned students’ names, valued their input, and shared personal anecdotes. We analyse both qualitative and quantitative survey responses from 248 first-year students of an introductory calculus class at a large Canadian university. This study explores the interplay among student perceptions of school kindness, active and effective learning, classroom supportiveness, optimism, prosocial and social goals, life satisfaction, and academic self-efficacy. The results show that instructors’ caring behaviours were correlated with positive perceptions of instructor kindness. Furthermore, students of empathetic caring instructors had significantly higher school kindness scale scores. The insights from this study motivate educators to incorporate DAKs into their teaching to enhance student well-being. Additionally, these findings can inform future pedagogical studies and foster advancements in pedagogy research.

Dados da obra

Tipo
Artigo
Periódico
Journal of Mathematics and Science Teacher, v. 5, n. 2, p. em077
Editora
Modestum Limited
Ano
2025 (2025-02-26)
Idioma
en
Palavras-chave
student perceptions; student well-being; academic self-efficacy; life satisfaction; prosocial goals; active learning; introductory calculus; first-year students
Temas
Cálculo, Tecnologias Digitais
DOI
10.29333/mathsciteacher/16057
ISSN
2752-6054
Licença
cc-by
Acesso
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01/10/2026 · verificada em 03/10/2026

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ABNT
MOHAMMAD, Nagham M. et al.. Students’ perception on blending mathematics teaching with kindness. Journal of Mathematics and Science Teacher, v. 5, n. 2, p. em077, 2025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.29333/mathsciteacher/16057.

APA

Mohammad, N. M., Kraus, D., Richards, G., & McCubbin, E. (2025). Students’ perception on blending mathematics teaching with kindness. Journal of Mathematics and Science Teacher, 5(2), em077. https://doi.org/10.29333/mathsciteacher/16057

BibTeX
@article{mohammad2025,
  author = {Mohammad, Nagham M. and Kraus, Daniel and Richards, Geordie and McCubbin, Erin},
  title = {Students’ perception on blending mathematics teaching with kindness},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {Journal of Mathematics and Science Teacher},
  volume = {5},
  number = {2},
  pages = {em077},
  publisher = {Modestum Limited},
  doi = {10.29333/mathsciteacher/16057},
  language = {en}
}
RIS
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AU  - McCubbin, Erin
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JO  - Journal of Mathematics and Science Teacher
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SP  - em077
DO  - 10.29333/mathsciteacher/16057
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