ERIC Number: EJ1054300
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 8
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ISSN: EISSN-2065-1430
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A Research of the Effect of Attitude, Achievement, and Gender on Mathematic Education
Arslan, Hasan; Çanli, Murat; Sabo, Helena Maria
Acta Didactica Napocensia, v5 n1 p45-52 2012
Recent studies in math education focus on differences between behaviors and performances of male and female students. In this study, achievement and attitudes of middle school students to math were described in terms of gender and grade differences. The aim of this study is to determine whether any differences exist between female and male students' attitudes and successes of middle school toward mathematics. This research was designed as a descriptive research. Students (6th, 7th, and 8th grades) were registered to "Attitude Survey toward Mathematics." This survey is consisted of two parts. In the first part, there are demographic questions. The second part is 5-Likert type survey which is intended to learn students' attitudes toward mathematics. Secondly, in order to determine students' achievements from mathematics, their grades and their state exam results were used. Because of the possibility of differentiation in teachers' evaluation criteria and their objectivity on students' successes, both students' scores from state exam and their course grades were included to the analysis. The findings of this research indicate that attitude of the students toward mathematics and achievement scores in Mathematics have a significant difference in terms of their gender and grade levels. Female students performed more positive attitudes than male students toward Mathematics and female students had higher grades than male students.
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Mathematics Achievement, Gender Differences, Mathematics Education, Middle School Students, Secondary School Mathematics, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Student Surveys, Likert Scales, Student Characteristics, Grades (Scholastic), Standardized Tests, Scores, Foreign Countries
Babes-Bolyai University. Kogainiceanu 1, Cluj-Napoca, 400084 Romania. e-mail: submit_adn@yahoo.com; Web site: http://adn.teaching.ro
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Junior High Schools; Grade 6; Intermediate Grades; Elementary Education; Grade 7; Grade 8
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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