Titel
An Interplay of Enjoyment, Engagement, and Anxieties: The Characteristics of Upper Secondary School Mathematics Students
Autor*in
Robert Weinhandl
Department of STEM Didactics, School of Education, Johannes Kepler University
Autor*in
Branko Anđić
Department of STEM Didactics, School of Education, Johannes Kepler University
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Abstract
Our research aimed to identify factors of motivation and affect to best characterize upper secondary mathematics students and correlations between these factors. This work is based on personas, a tool from user experience research for representing the needs and characteristics of users of a system, developed in prior research. In the present study, we conducted an online questionnaire study with questionnaire scales aligned to the previously developed personas. To identify latent factors in the characterization of upper secondary mathematics students, a factor analysis was conducted and correlations were computed. The findings revealed that the factors Enjoyment, Concerns & Anxieties, Performance-related confidence, Engagement, Performance orientation, and Persistence are essential to describe upper secondary mathematics students and that Enjoyment, Concerns & Anxieties, Performance-related confidence, and Engagement are highly correlated. We propose that these interdependencies be observed in teacher training as well as in professional development and discuss the implications for the practices of teachers and teacher educators.
Stichwort
Factor analysismathematicspersonasstudent characteristics
Objekt-Typ
Sprache
Englisch [eng]
Persistent identifier
https://phaidra.univie.ac.at/o:2044729
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Titel
Investigations in Mathematics Learning
ISSN
1947-7503
Erscheinungsdatum
2023
Seitenanfang
1
Seitenende
16
Verlag
Informa UK Limited
Erscheinungsdatum
2023
Zugänglichkeit
Rechteangabe
© 2023 The Author(s)

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