Assessing Pupil Attitudes Toward Mathematics. Grades 4-6 [microform] / Virginia R. Harvin
- Bib ID:
- 5422885
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- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Harvin, Virginia R
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1982
- 26 p.
- Summary:
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An attitude scale developed by Dutton, Petrie, and Adams was administered by classroom teachers to 850 pupils in grades 4-6 in 10 schools in one school system in September and again in May. The scale had two parts, a 15-item section assessing feelings toward mathematics and another part that asked the child to rank-order the subjects liked, best to least. In grade 4, mathematics was a liked subject in both testings. Pupils in grade 5 indicated a positive attitude toward mathematics, and it ranked in the top three subjects except in one school, with little change from beginning to end of the year. In grade 6, pupils for the most part ranked mathematics as a liked subject in September, but it was ranked lower in half the schools in May. Fear of word problems was cited at all three levels as a reason for disliking mathematics. Children liked mathematics because they considered it important and fun. (MNS)
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