Eighth-Grade Algebra Course Placement and Student Motivation for Mathematics

Autor/inn/en	Simzar, Rahila; Domina, Thurston; Tran, Cathy
Titel	Eighth-Grade Algebra Course Placement and Student Motivation for Mathematics
Quelle	In: AERA Open, 2 (2016) 1, (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2332-8584
Schlagwörter	Algebra; Grade 8; Student Placement; Student Motivation; Mathematics Instruction; Student Attitudes; Student Behavior; Self Efficacy; Mathematics Achievement; Middle School Students; California; Patterns of Adaptive Learning Survey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Schülerpraktikum; Schulische Motivation; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Schülerverhalten; Student behaviour; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Kalifornien
Abstract	This study uses student panel data to examine the association between algebra placement and student motivation for mathematics. Changes in achievement goals, expectancy, and task value for students in eighth-grade algebra are compared with those of peers placed in lower-level mathematics courses (N = 3,306). In our sample, students placed in algebra reported an increase in performance-avoidance goals as well as decreases in academic self-efficacy and task value. These relations were attenuated for students who had high mathematics achievement prior to algebra placement. Whereas all students reported an overall decline in performance-approach goals over the course of eighth grade, previously high-achieving students reported an increase in these goals. Lastly, previously high-achieving students reported an increase in mastery goals. These findings suggest that while previously high-achieving students may benefit motivationally from eighth-grade algebra placement, placing previously average- and low-performing students in algebra can potentially undermine their motivation for mathematics. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01