ERIC Number: EJ1145597
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 11
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Development of Attitudes towards Mathematics Scale (ATMS) Using Nigerian Data - Factor Analysis as a Determinant of Attitude Subcategories
Zakariya, Yusuf F.
International Journal of Progressive Education, v13 n2 p74-84 2017
This study was aimed at the development of an instrument for measuring students' attitudes towards mathematics. A survey research design was adopted involving 510 students randomly selected. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was carried out to determine the number of factors to be retained in the ATMS. The adequacy of the sample was confirmed by means of Bartlett's Sphericity Test (BST), the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) index, and the matrix determinant. The BST was significant at p < 0.01 with KMO index of 0.93 and correlation matrix determinant of 0.00006207. The factors were extracted using principal component analysis and the components were rotated using Varimax with Kaiser Normalization and converged after 10 iterations. The final 30-item ATMS contains four attitude subcategories: perception of difficulty, feelings of anxiety towards mathematics, usefulness of mathematics, mathematics phobia and has a reliability coefficient of 0.91 with sufficient evidence of content and face validity.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Attitude Measures, Test Construction, Mathematics, Factor Analysis, Student Attitudes, Statistical Analysis, Correlation, Secondary School Students, Test Reliability
International Association of Educators. Egitim Fakultesi Dekanligi, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale 17100, Turkey. e-mail: secretary@inased.org; Web site: http://www.inased.org/ijpe.htm
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Nigeria
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