Bruce White
Students’ perceptions of what teachers do and what students themselves do that helps them learn gives an insight into what might be effective teaching and learning strategies in a mathematics classroom. This paper looks at student perceptions of teaching in general but also specifically in relation to the teaching and learning of mathematics. Data was collected from students at two South Australian schools via an online survey on a range of topics two of the topics examined the students perceptions of what teachers did to help them learn and what they as students did that helped them learn. The initial analysis of the results of the survey will be presented and will highlight areas that students think are most important in learning mathematics.