scholarly journals Relationships among higher secondary students' beliefs about mathematical ability, goals, learning strategies, and mathematics achievement, in the Maldives: A three-path mediational analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Ahmed Riyaz
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Mathematics Achievement ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Mathematical Ability ◽  
Positive Relation ◽  
Negative Relation ◽  
Mediational Model ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Higher Secondary Education

<p>Structural equation modelling techniques were used to test a three-path mediational model of mathematics achievement on the relationships among higher secondary students' beliefs about mathematical ability, achievement goals, learning strategies, and mathematics achievement. Participants were higher secondary students (n = 341) who were studying advanced level mathematics at the Centre for Higher Secondary Education, one of the largest school that provides higher secondary education in the Maldives. Questionnaires were used to collect self-report data. Students' final year mathematics results (i.e., standardised test results) were used as the achievement data. Incremental beliefs had a positive relation with mathematics achievement, mediated by mastery goals and deep-learning strategies. Incremental beliefs had a negative relation with mathematics achievement, mediated by performance-approach goals and surface-learning strategies. Entity beliefs had a negative relation with mathematics achievement, mediated through performance-avoidance goals and surface-learning strategies. Incremental beliefs also had an overall indirect positive relation, and entity beliefs had an overall indirect negative relation with the achievement. The results of the mediational model showed the best possible pathways that students could follow in the academic setting as far as performance and building capacity in mathematics were concerned. The results might be useful to teachers and educators with respect to making decisions aimed at creating a better learning environment for students and to improve the quality of mathematics education provided to higher secondary students in the Maldives.</p>

scholarly journals Relationships among higher secondary students' beliefs about mathematical ability, goals, learning strategies, and mathematics achievement, in the Maldives: A three-path mediational analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Ahmed Riyaz
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Mathematics Achievement ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Mathematical Ability ◽  
Positive Relation ◽  
Negative Relation ◽  
Mediational Model ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Higher Secondary Education

<p>Structural equation modelling techniques were used to test a three-path mediational model of mathematics achievement on the relationships among higher secondary students' beliefs about mathematical ability, achievement goals, learning strategies, and mathematics achievement. Participants were higher secondary students (n = 341) who were studying advanced level mathematics at the Centre for Higher Secondary Education, one of the largest school that provides higher secondary education in the Maldives. Questionnaires were used to collect self-report data. Students' final year mathematics results (i.e., standardised test results) were used as the achievement data. Incremental beliefs had a positive relation with mathematics achievement, mediated by mastery goals and deep-learning strategies. Incremental beliefs had a negative relation with mathematics achievement, mediated by performance-approach goals and surface-learning strategies. Entity beliefs had a negative relation with mathematics achievement, mediated through performance-avoidance goals and surface-learning strategies. Incremental beliefs also had an overall indirect positive relation, and entity beliefs had an overall indirect negative relation with the achievement. The results of the mediational model showed the best possible pathways that students could follow in the academic setting as far as performance and building capacity in mathematics were concerned. The results might be useful to teachers and educators with respect to making decisions aimed at creating a better learning environment for students and to improve the quality of mathematics education provided to higher secondary students in the Maldives.</p>

An Analysis on the Selected Factors Contributing to Science and Mathematics Achievement Among Secondary Students in Two SEAMEO Member Countries

2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger Awang ◽  
Lay Yoon Fah
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Achievement ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Technological Tools ◽  
8Th Grade ◽  
Timss 2007 ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Additional Support ◽  
Better Than ◽  
Grade 8 ◽  
At Home

This paper sets out to examine critically the effects of selected factors contributing to science and mathematics achievement among 8th grade students in Malaysia and Singapore. The Trend in International Science and Mathematics Study (TIMSS) 2007 database was utilized to explore a) if there were correlations between students receiving additional support and/or gaining exposure from academic related enrichment activities at home and schools with their science and mathematics achievement and, b) How well do the knowledge/skills gained from the use of technological tools and Internet contribute towards their science and mathematics achievement among Malaysian and Singaporean Grade 8 students. The sample consists of 4,466 students from Malaysia and 4,599 students from Singapore who participated in the TIMSS 2007 assessment. This study will provide some insights on why some students perform better than others in science and mathematics by highlighting the effect of additional support and/or exposure from academic related enrichment activities at home and schools, and the knowledge/skills gained from the use of technological tools and internet on students’ science and mathematics achievement.

scholarly journals Motivation and Ability as Factors in Mathematics Experience and Achievement

1995 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrich Schiefele ◽  
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Achievement ◽  
Achievement Motivation ◽  
Quality Of Experience ◽  
Scholastic Aptitude Test ◽  
Mathematical Ability ◽  
Aptitude Test ◽  
Scholastic Aptitude ◽  
Second Year ◽  
And Mathematics

This study examined relationships among interest, achievement motivation, mathematical ability, the quality of experience when doing mathematics, and mathematics achievement. One hundred eight freshmen and sophomores (41 males, 67 females) completed interest ratings, an achievement motivation questionnaire, and the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test. These assessments were followed by 1 week of experience sampling. Mathematics grades were available from the year before the study started, from the same year, and from the following 3 years. In addition, a measure of the students' course level in mathematics was included. The results showed that quality of experience when doing mathematics was mainly related to interest. Grades and course level were most strongly predicted by level of ability. Interest was found to contribute significantly to the prediction of grades for the second year and to the prediction of course level. Quality of experience was significantly correlated with grades but not course level.

scholarly journals Can Mathematics Achievement Be Predicted? The Role of Cognitive–Behavioral–Emotional Variables

Mathematics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (14) ◽  
pp. 1591
Author(s):  
Raquel Fernández-Cézar ◽  
Natalia Solano-Pinto ◽  
Dunia Garrido
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Achievement ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Science Achievement ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Outreach Program ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Critical And Creative Thinking

The current society is based on science and technology, depending partly on mathematics. It leads to citizens’ success in school mathematics, being measured through achievement, which can be predicted by affective, cognitive, and behavioral variables. The aim of this study was to determine the extent to which self-concept, learning strategies, attitude towards science and mathematics, school environment, and previous scores in science and mathematics predict achievement in mathematics. A convenience sample of 352 pupils taking part in a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) experimentation outreach program belonging to state schools and state-funded schools from rural and urban environments was analysed. The instrument was composed of the Auzmendi scale of attitude towards mathematics modified, the attitude towards school science, the AUDIM questionnaire for self-concept (physical, social, personal, academic, and general), and the CEA questionnaire for learning strategies (emotional control, critical and creative thinking, and metacognition). Sex, type of school, and school environment were covariates. A binary logistic regression model was obtained for mathematics achievement, which correctly classified 82.1% of students, with previous science and mathematics achievement, science achievement, and critical and creative thinking as predictors, and urban schools playing a positive role. Implications of these predictors on mathematics education are discussed.

The Role of Test Anticipation in the Link Between Performance-Approach Goals and Academic Achievement

2016 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
pp. 123-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie Crouzevialle ◽  
Fabrizio Butera
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Longitudinal Design ◽  
Study Strategies ◽  
High Achievers ◽  
Course Content ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Approach Goals ◽  
Goal Endorsement

Abstract. Performance-approach goals (i.e., the desire to outperform others) have been found to be positive predictors of test performance, but research has also revealed that they predict surface learning strategies. The present research investigates whether the high academic performance of students who strongly adopt performance-approach goals stems from test anticipation and preparation, which most educational settings render possible since examinations are often scheduled in advance. We set up a longitudinal design for an experiment conducted in high-school classrooms within the context of two science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines, namely, physics and chemistry. First, we measured performance-approach goals. Then we asked students to take a test that had either been announced a week in advance (enabling strategic preparation) or not. The expected interaction between performance-approach goal endorsement and test anticipation was moderated by the students’ initial level: The interaction appeared only among low achievers for whom the pursuit of performance-approach goals predicted greater performance – but only when the test had been scheduled. Conversely, high achievers appeared to have adopted a regular and steady process of course content learning whatever their normative goal endorsement. This suggests that normative strivings differentially influence the study strategies of low and high achievers.

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