Factors that influence secondary school students’ attitude to mathematics
By I. Marchiş. 2011
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Abstract Pupils could like, enjoy, or the opposite, could hate mathematics. Attitude could be described as a long-term positive or negative emotional disposition towards mathematics. There is a correlation between pupils’ attitude towards mathematics and their mathematical results, thus it is important to develop a positive attitude towards learning mathematics. This attitude could be influenced by many factors. In this research a questionnaire was developed for identifying the factors that influence secondary school pupils (5th-8th grade, 10/11 to 14/15 years old) attitude to mathematics. 337 pupils from the north-vest and central part of Romania have completed the questionnaire. The findings show that the most important factor is the teacher: the teachers’ attitude to mathematics and the amount of confidence and support he/she gives to the pupil influence their attitude towards mathematics. Another important factor is how pupils think about the utility of mathematics in their everyday life. Self-efficacy and self-judgment also influence pupils’ attitude towards learning mathematics.
Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Gender Studies, Social Psychology
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- Learning environment, attitudes and anxiety across the transition from primary to secondary school mathematics (2019, background): “Further relevant past research on mathematics anxiety includes Marchis (2011) with 337 secondary-school students in Romania, a Dutch study with 207 children in grades 3 to 6 (Jansen et al. 2013), Kvedere (2014) with 3,077 Latvian 9th grade students, Abbasi et al. (2013) with 480 high-school and…”
- Factors Affecting Students’ Attitude toward Mathematics: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach (2017, background): “Survey is a common method to measure students’ attitude towards mathematics (Etuk, Afangideh, & Uya, 2013; Marchis, 2011; Tahar, Ismail, Zamani, & Adnan, 2010 Tapia & Marsh, 2000).”