ERIC Number: EJ1421070
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 10
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-2468-1989
EISSN: EISSN-2468-4929
Pre-Service Teachers' Mathematics Achievement, Attitude, and Anxiety: The Moderative Role of Pre-Service Teachers' Interest in the Learning Process
Pedagogical Research, v9 n2 Article em0192 2024
The aim of the study was meant to investigate the moderative role of pre-service teachers' interest on mathematics achievement, attitude and anxiety during teaching and learning process. The study was conducted at Akrokerri College of Education Adansi, Ghana on pre-service teachers with a population of 300. A sample of 206 pre-service teachers were involved in the study. Questionnaires were designed with regards to the four main constructs identified in the study. The questionnaires were analyzed using the structural equation model. The findings revealed that pre-service mathematics teachers' attitude has a direct positive effect on pre-service teachers 'mathematics achievement. Mathematics anxiety has a positive effect and is statistically insignificant on mathematics achievement. Finally, the moderating effect of mathematics interest on the relationship between mathematics attitude and mathematics achievement result was negative and it is statistically insignificant.
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Achievement, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Anxiety, Academic Achievement
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Ghana
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