Attitudes to Mathematics in Primary School Children

Joint Authors

Bennett, Karina
Smith, Louise
Dowker, Ann

Source

Child Development Research

Issue

Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-8, 8 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2012-11-22

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

8

Main Subjects

Mathematics
Educational Sciences

Topics

Abstract EN

44 Grade 3 children and 45 Grade 5 children from English primary schools were given the British abilities scales basic number skills subtest, and a Mathematics Attitude and Anxiety Questionnaire, using pictorial rating scales to record their Self-rating for maths, Liking for maths, Anxiety about maths, and Unhappiness about poor performance in mathematics.

There were few year group differences in attitudes.

Boys rated themselves higher than girls, but did not differ significantly in actual performance.

Overall, Anxiety was not related to actual performance, but Self-rating was.

This relationship between Self-rating and actual performance seemed to develop between Grade 3 and Grade 5.

Implications of the findings are discussed.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Dowker, Ann& Bennett, Karina& Smith, Louise. 2012. Attitudes to Mathematics in Primary School Children. Child Development Research،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-8.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)

Dowker, Ann…[et al.]. Attitudes to Mathematics in Primary School Children. Child Development Research No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-8.
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American Medical Association (AMA)

Dowker, Ann& Bennett, Karina& Smith, Louise. Attitudes to Mathematics in Primary School Children. Child Development Research. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-447556

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-447556