ERIC Number: EJ1129451
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 21
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How Do Student and Classroom Characteristics Affect Attitude toward Mathematics? A Multivariate Multilevel Analysis
Kiwanuka, Henry Nsubuga; Van Damme, Jan; Van Den Noortgate, Wim; Anumendem, Dickson Nkafu; Vanlaar, Gudrun; Reynolds, Chandra; Namusisi, Speranza
School Effectiveness and School Improvement, v28 n1 p1-21 2017
This study investigated the effects of student and classroom characteristics on math self-confidence, perceived usefulness, and enjoyment of mathematics as multiple outcomes. A sample of 7th-grade students from 78 classes of 49 schools was studied. The data were collected using, among other instruments, an attitude questionnaire. The results of the multivariate multilevel analysis showed that the variance of the 3 indicators was situated mostly at the student level, and that the indicators correlated strongly at the class level. Higher prior mathematics achievement and positive parental beliefs and attitudes were significant predictors of higher scores across the 3 indicators. Each of the baseline indicators was significantly associated with its corresponding final indicator. At the classroom level, classroom assessment was significantly associated with less endorsement of all 3 indicators, higher levels of classroom modeling with greater endorsement of perceived usefulness of mathematics, and classroom questioning with greater enjoyment of mathematics.
Descriptors: Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Grade 7, Questionnaires, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Instruction, Correlation, Predictor Variables, Mathematics Anxiety, Student Attitudes, Adolescents, Secondary School Students, Likert Scales, Mathematics Tests, Factor Analysis, Pilot Projects, Self Esteem, Comparative Analysis, Attitude Measures, Mathematics
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 7; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Elementary Education; Secondary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Uganda
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Fennema Sherman Mathematics Attitudes Scales
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