A Study of the Validity and Reliability of a Mathematics Lesson Attitude Scale and Student Attitudes

Autor/inn/en	Tezer, Murat; Ozcan, Deniz
Titel	A Study of the Validity and Reliability of a Mathematics Lesson Attitude Scale and Student Attitudes
Quelle	In: EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 11 (2015) 2, S.371-379 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1305-8223
Schlagwörter	Attitude Measures; Validity; Reliability; Student Attitudes; Mathematics; Primary Education; Elementary School Mathematics; Grade 2; Grade 3; Nonverbal Communication; Emotional Response; Human Body; Reading Difficulties; Writing Difficulties; Factor Analysis; Positive Attitudes; Affective Behavior; Scores; Foreign Countries; Questionnaires; Cyprus + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gültigkeit; Reliabilität; Schülerverhalten; Mathematik; Primarbereich; Elementare Mathematik; Schulmathematik; School year 02; 2. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 02; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Emotionales Verhalten; Menschlicher Körper; Reading difficulty; Leseschwierigkeit; Schreibstörung; Faktorenanalyse; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Ausland; Fragebogen; Zypern
Abstract	Attitudes of the students towards mathematics lessons are very important in terms of their success and motivation. The purpose of this study is to develop a scale for the assessment of primary school students' attitudes towards mathematics courses in the 2nd and 3rd grades, to analyse its validity-reliability structure and to determine the students' attitudes towards mathematics. Emotional facial expressions are used in the scale because students can have reading and writing literacy difficulties in the 2nd and 3rd grades. The study group of this research consisted of 350 primary school students studying in the 2nd and 3rd grades of primary schools located in Northern Cyprus. The Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient of the scale was 0.92. Factor analysis results suggested that the scale was gathered in one factor and total variance explained was 57.796% for one factor. In general, it is suggested that students' attitudes towards mathematics were "happy". (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01