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Shimizu, Yuno – Journal of Education and Learning, 2022
Providing adequate proof is one essential mathematical method, but it is a difficult task for many school-age students. While previous studies have revealed the cognitive factors of proving the proof, the function of affective factors and learning engagement has been largely unexplored. This study examined the effects and processes associated with…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Junior High School Students, Self Efficacy, Learner Engagement
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Ata Baran, Ayla; Kabael, Tangül – Journal of Educational Research, 2021
The purpose of this study was to investigate eighth grade students' mathematical communication competency, affective characteristics, and the differentiation in affective characteristics across their communication competency levels. The mixed method sequential explanatory design was used. The quantitative data were collected from 140 students…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Middle School Students, Student Characteristics, Student Motivation
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Sevgi, Sevim; Çaliskan, Ayse Nur – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2020
The aim of the study was to analyze the mathematics exam anxiety and problem-posing self-efficacy of middle school students in terms of their school, gender, and grade levels, as well as the relationship among these parameters. The research was conducted with 37 fifth grade students, 53 sixth grade students, 72 seventh grade students, and 77 eight…
Descriptors: Mathematics Anxiety, Test Anxiety, Problem Solving, Self Efficacy
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Xu, Binyan, Ed.; Zhu, Yan, Ed.; Lu, Xiaoli, Ed. – Research in Mathematics Education, 2021
This book seeks to illustrate the research on mathematics competencies and disposition in China according to the conceptual development and empirical investigation perspective. Mathematics education in China has a distinguishing feature a focus of attention to mathematical competency. Paradoxically, there has not been an explicit, refined, and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Education, Evaluation Methods
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Cates, Gary L.; Erkfritz, Karyn N. – Psychology in the Schools, 2007
The current study investigated the discreet task completion hypothesis presented by C. H. Skinner (2002) by investigating how the rate of interspersing affects performance on and preferences for academic assignments. Specifically, 70 sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-grade students were presented with four assignment pairs of multiplication problems.…
Descriptors: Multiplication, Assignments, Performance Based Assessment, Student Attitudes
Novotna, Jarmila, Ed.; Moraova, Hana, Ed.; Kratka, Magdalena, Ed.; Stehlikova, Nad'a, Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2006
This document contains the second volume of the proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Conference presentations are centered around the theme "Mathematics at the Centre." This volume features 60 research reports by presenters with last names beginning between Abr…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Middle Schools, Textbooks