Abstract
Purpose: The current study aims to examine primary school students’ attitudes towards mathematics lessons in terms ofgender, having an individual room, having internet connection at home, having a social media account, family income andparents’ education level.Design/Methodology/Approach: This is a descriptive study that aims to investigate primary school students’ attitudes towardsmathematics lessons in terms of various variables, and it employs survey design. Data of the study were collected from 229students attending fourth grade in primary schools in the central district of Düzce, Turkey in the 2017-2018 academic year. Inorder to identify primary school students’ attitudes towards mathematics lessons, Scale of Attitudes towards Mathematics,which was developed by Nazlıçiçek and Erktin (2002) and the reliability and validity of which was tested by Aktan (2018) withregard to scale structure, was used in the current study. The data in this study were analyzed with a statistical package program.Findings: The findings of the study reveal that students’ attitude means scores towards mathematics do not differ significantlyin terms of gender, having an individual room, having internet connection at home, having a social media account, familyincome, parents’ education level. With regard to factors of the scale of attitude towards mathematics, there are significantdifferences in the factors of the scale in terms of having an individual room, having internet connection at home and familyincome while there are not any significant differences in terms of having a social media account and parents’ education level.Conclusion : Based on the results of the current study, to help students develop positive attitudes towards mathematicslessons, it is recommended that social media should be used to support learning, primary school teachers should offermathematics lessons in an interesting and fun way, and activities should include games considering the developmentalcharacteristics of primary school students. Besides, families should arrange environments for their children to study efficiently,offer better studying opportunities and they should be guided about efficient studying to raise their awareness.
Highlights
The current study aims to examine primary school students’ attitudes towards mathematics lessons in terms of gender, having an individual room, having internet connection at home, having a social media account, family income, parents’ education level
Curricula of mathematics lessons are developed by the Ministry of National Education and learning experiences are arranged in every school for the same learning outputs
The current study reveals that the participating students’ attitude scores in ‘interest in mathematics’ and ‘perceived achievement in mathematics’ factors are close to high but their scores in ‘perceived benefit of mathematics’ factor are relatively lower
Summary
Intrinsic factors can be explored within the learning environment due to their close relationship. A positive attitude towards learning is one of the significant intrinsic factors (Ertürk, 1993). It can offer the energy needed for interaction with the environment which forms the basic condition for learning. The concept of attitude can be defined as a latent affective characteristic guiding behavior (Arkonaç, 2001). It is the state of having a positive perspective on learning and being predisposed and willing to learn. A positive attitude towards learning is an effective stand fueling students for learning
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