Assessing math attitude through the Attitude Toward Mathematics Inventory – Short form in introductory statistics course students

Primi, Caterina; Bacherini, Alice; Beccari, Carola; Donati, Maria Anna

doi:10.1016/j.stueduc.2020.100838

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“…Tapia and Marsh (2004) presented another option Attitudes toward Mathematics Inventory (ATMI). This instrument provides a sharp distinction between the four factors: (1) Self-confidence, (2) Value, (3) Motivation and (4) Enjoyment (Ngurah & Lynch, 2013;Primi et al, 2020). ATMI has high reliability and validity and many authors use the original version of this model (Asante, 2012;Guy et al, 2015;Sundre et al, 2012).…”

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Factors Explaining Business Student Attitudes Towards Mathematics: Does Gender Still Matter?

Opstad

2021

EUROPEAN J SCI MATH ED

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The purpose of this paper is to identify factors that can explain the attitudes of business students towards mathematics, using data from a business school in Norway. This article focusses on gender, personality traits (Big Five Model) and mathematical background. The independent variables were investigated simultaneously using a linear regression model. Mathematical abilities are important for success in business studies, and therefore, attitudes towards mathematics matter, since they will affect students' effort and their choice of further studies. It was found that mathematical background has the strongest effect on student attitudes towards mathematics. Personal characteristics also explain the variation in the attitudes towards mathematics to some degree. Gender has little or no impact on the dependent variable. If there is any gender difference it is in favour of female students.

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Factors Explaining Business Student Attitudes Towards Mathematics: Does Gender Still Matter?

Opstad

2021

EUROPEAN J SCI MATH ED

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“…Mathematics plays a dominant role in human lives, and it is broadly applied as an essential element in personal achievements and economics [ 7 , 8 ]. In the 21st century, mathematics plays a significant skill in individual satisfaction and involvement in society, school, and the labour market.…”

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Assessing the attitude and problem-based learning in mathematics through PLS-SEM modeling

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Mathematics plays a leading part in day-to-day life and has enhanced a necessary component for human accomplishments. Students from many countries do not reach the expected level in mathematics. Therefore, it is essential to pay close consideration to the causes related to ability in mathematics. Mathematics attitude is considered as one of the critical variables in the process of mathematics learning. This study aimed to determine students’ attitudes and achievements through problem-based learning in mathematics. The selected study group contained 600 students and 35 teachers from rural public secondary schools in District Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The data collection was done using questionnaires from students and teachers and collected data analyzed by SPSS 23 and Amos 23. This study’s result was carried out using Partial Least square structural equation Model (PLS-SEM), descriptive analysis, and hypotheses testing. The outcomes in this study indicated that the mean fluctuated between 1 to 4.5, 3.71 to 4.20, and Std. Deviation fluctuated between 0.6 to 2.0 and 0.75 to 1.55 in the students and teacher models, respectively. The results of the PLS-SEM students’ model show a negative attitude towards mathematics. The teachers’ PLS-SEM model showed the Effects of using problem-based learning (PBL) on students’ achievements. According to the hypotheses testing, the acceptance of hypotheses by stating that the Confidence in Learning Mathematics Scale (C), Value of Mathematics Scale (V), and Student Mathematics Motivation Scale (M) are significant effects for the Students’ Attitude Toward Problem-Based Learning (ATPBL). But the Attitude Toward Enjoyment in Mathematics Scale (AE) was rejected, and it did not significantly affect the ATPBL. As well as, the Problem-solving learning and students’ achievement (PLA), Advantages of problem-solving learning (APL) and Difficulties in using problem-solving learning (DPL) have a significant positive effect on the ATPBL. Finally, this study suggested that teachers also adopt new teaching methods corresponding to mathematics, and there is a need to explore particular mathematics skills to enhance students’ learning abilities.

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“…Moreover, the pre-test did not increase their belief in the use of statistics in their teaching practice (answers to question 6). We believe this may be due to their previous failures in mathematics which, according to several studies, have influenced students' attitudes toward mathematics [50][51][52][53].…”

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Implementation of Pedagogical Research into Statistical Courses to Develop Students’ Statistical Literacy

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To participate fully in society, a person needs to critically evaluate statistical information. To be able to do this, it is appropriate to start developing the statistical literacy of young people in diverse levels in schools. In our article, we present a modified seminar on statistics for prospective humanities teachers. During the seminar, we planned a pedagogical experiment, the aim of which was to statistically verify the students’ own diagnostic competencies as prospective teachers of humanities. The statistical analysis confirmed that the implementation of real research into the course on statistics has a positive impact on the development of statistical literacy but does not change the attitude of students toward statistics and its use in the future teaching practice.

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Assessing math attitude through the Attitude Toward Mathematics Inventory – Short form in introductory statistics course students

Cited by 25 publications

References 53 publications

Factors Explaining Business Student Attitudes Towards Mathematics: Does Gender Still Matter?

Factors Explaining Business Student Attitudes Towards Mathematics: Does Gender Still Matter?

Assessing the attitude and problem-based learning in mathematics through PLS-SEM modeling

Implementation of Pedagogical Research into Statistical Courses to Develop Students’ Statistical Literacy

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