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Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 5
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Mathematics Teachers' Perceptions of Their Students' Mathematical Competence: Relations to Mathematics Achievement, Affect, and Engagement in Singapore and Australia
Areepattamannil, Shaljan; Kaur, Berinderjeet
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA) (36th, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2013)
This study, drawing on data from the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2011, examined whether mathematics teachers' perceptions of their students' mathematical competence were related to mathematics achievement, affect toward mathematics, and engagement in mathematics lessons among Grade 8 students in Singapore and Australia. Structural equation modelling (SEM) analyses revealed that mathematics teachers' perceptions of their students' mathematical competence were positively linked to eighth-graders' mathematics achievement, affect toward mathematics, and engagement in mathematics lessons in both Singapore and Australia. Implications of the findings are briefly discussed.
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Mathematics Skills, Competence, Mathematics Achievement, Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, International Assessment, Mathematics Tests, Science Tests, Science Achievement, Correlation, Structural Equation Models
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Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 8; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Elementary Education; Secondary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
Identifiers - Location: Singapore; Australia
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
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