A Survey on the Permanence of Finnish Students’ Arithmetical Skills and the Role of Motivation
Joint Authors
Tossavainen, Timo
Väisänen, Pertti
Lukin, Tuija
Suomalainen, Hannele
Merikoski, Jorma K.
Source
Education Research International
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-01-26
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
This study concerns the permanence of the basic arithmetical skills of Finnish students by investigating how a group (N=463) of the eighth and eleventh year students and the university students of humanities perform in problems that are slightly modified versions of certain PISA 2003 mathematics test items.
The investigation also aimed at finding out what the impact of motivation-related constructs, for example, students’ achievement goal orientations, is and what their perceived competence beliefs and task value on their performance in mathematics are.
According to our findings, the younger students’ arithmetical skills have declined through the course of ten years but the older students’ skills have become generic to a greater extent.
Further, three motivational clusters could be identified accounting for 7.5 per cent of students’ performance in the given assignments.
These results are compatible with the outcomes of the recent assessments of the Finnish students’ mathematical skills and support the previous research on the benefits of learning orientation combined with the high expectation of success and the valuing of mathematics learning.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Tossavainen, Timo& Väisänen, Pertti& Merikoski, Jorma K.& Lukin, Tuija& Suomalainen, Hannele. 2015. A Survey on the Permanence of Finnish Students’ Arithmetical Skills and the Role of Motivation. Education Research International،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1063878
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Tossavainen, Timo…[et al.]. A Survey on the Permanence of Finnish Students’ Arithmetical Skills and the Role of Motivation. Education Research International No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1063878
American Medical Association (AMA)
Tossavainen, Timo& Väisänen, Pertti& Merikoski, Jorma K.& Lukin, Tuija& Suomalainen, Hannele. A Survey on the Permanence of Finnish Students’ Arithmetical Skills and the Role of Motivation. Education Research International. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1063878
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1063878