ERIC Number: EJ1210306
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Apr
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-0555-7747
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Secondary School Students' Socio Economic Status, Mathematics Self-Concept and Achievement Goal Orientations: A Correlational Investigation
Hussain Ch., Abid; Malik, Misbah; Fatima, Ghulam; Abid, Uzma
Bulletin of Education and Research, v39 n1 p215-227 Apr 2017
This study was aimed at finding relationship among students' mathematics Self-concept, Socio Economic Status (SES) and Achievement Goal Orientations (AGOs) at secondary level in Punjab. The population of study included secondary school students in the Punjab province. The sample was selected through multi-stage random sampling technique. An adapted questionnaire was used to get responses about achievement goal orientation of students. Mathematics Self-concept scale by Marsh (1948) was used to know students' academic self-concept. "Socio Economic" Status was assessed through different demographic variables. Through SPSS, Pearson correlation coefficient was run to calculate correlation among students' self-concept in mathematics, SES, and their AGOs. Results showed significant correlation between students' self-concept in mathematics and their AGOs. Correlation between SES and AGOs of students was not significant. On the basis of findings, it was recommended that teachers should use instructional strategies which tend to improve students' mathematics "self-concept" to make them mastery goal oriented.
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Socioeconomic Status, Mathematics Instruction, Self Concept, Academic Achievement, Goal Orientation, Correlation, Secondary School Mathematics, Foreign Countries
Institute of Education and Research. University of the Punjab Quaid-i-Azam Campus, Lahore, 54590 Pakistan. e-mail: ber.ier@pu.edu.pk; Web site: http://pu.edu.pk/home/journal/32
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Pakistan
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