Learning Environment, Attitudes and Anxiety across the Transition from Primary to Secondary School Mathematics

Autor/inn/en	Deieso, Donato; Fraser, Barry J.
Titel	Learning Environment, Attitudes and Anxiety across the Transition from Primary to Secondary School Mathematics
Quelle	In: Learning Environments Research, 22 (2019) 1, S.133-152 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1387-1579
DOI	10.1007/s10984-018-9261-5
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Student Adjustment; Elementary School Mathematics; Secondary School Mathematics; Mathematics Anxiety; Student Attitudes; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Elementary School Students; Secondary School Students; Classroom Environment; Australia; Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Elementare Mathematik; Schulmathematik; Schülerverhalten; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Sekundarschüler; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Australien
Abstract	Past research has revealed that, relative to primary-school students, high-school students have less-positive attitudes to mathematics and perceive their classroom environments and teacher--student relationships less favourably. This study involved the transition experience of 541 students in 47 classes in 15 primary (year 7) and secondary (year 8) government and Catholic schools in metropolitan and regional South Australia. Scales were adapted from three established instruments, namely, the What Is Happening In this Class?, Test of Mathematics Related Attitudes and Revised Mathematics Anxiety Ratings Scale, to identify changes across the transition from primary to secondary school in terms of the classroom learning environment and students' attitude/anxiety towards mathematics. Relative to year 7 students, year 8 students reported less Involvement, less positive Attitude to Mathematical Inquiry, less Enjoyment of Mathematics and greater Mathematics Anxiety. Differences between students in Years 7 and 8 were very similar for male and female students, although the magnitude of sex differences in attitudes was slightly different in Years 7 and 8. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01