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The Issue of 'Proudliness': Primary Students' Motivation towards Mathematics
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Nyman, Martin; Sumpter, Lovisa – LUMAT: International Journal on Math, Science and Technology Education, 2019
In this paper, we study year 2 and year 5 students' expressed motivations for doing mathematics. The responses were analysed using thematic analysis; first with a deductive approach using themes from previous research, and then an additional inductive analysis searching for new themes. The results show that the children express both intrinsic…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Student Motivation, Mathematics Education, Grade 2
Swedish Fifth and Sixth Graders' Motivational Values and the Use of ICT in Mathematics Education
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Tossavainen, Timo; Faarinen, Ewa-Charlotte – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2019
Background: In Sweden, the introduction of new national curricula for primary and secondary schools has implied, for example, that programming has become a compulsory part of mathematics education since August 2018. We study Swedish fifth and sixth graders and the distributions of their motivational values related to studying mathematics with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Motivation, Grade 5, Grade 6
Why Do All Children in Swedish Schools Learn English as a Foreign Language? An Analysis of an Open Question in the National Evaluation Programme of the Swedish Compulsory Comprehensive School.
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Giota, Joanna – System, 1995
A total of 318 grade-5 pupils in Swedish schools were questioned in regard to why English is a compulsory subject. Two hundred and one pupils thought that English is compulsory because it is a world language, 94 thought so because it is useful, and 23 thought so because some authority decided so. Contains 22 references. (MDM)
Descriptors: Educational Attitudes, Educational Policy, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students