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Factors Affecting Students’ Attitude toward Mathematics: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

Students’ attitude towards mathematics is affected by factors such as parental influences, teacher affective support and classroom instruction. The purpose of this research was to examine the inter-relationships between these factors and effects on attitude towards mathematics using a partial least...

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Main Authors: Shamila Dewi Davadas, Yoon Fah Lay
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spelling my.ums.eprints.223542019-07-02T00:15:50Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/22354/ Factors Affecting Students’ Attitude toward Mathematics: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach Shamila Dewi Davadas Yoon Fah Lay QA Mathematics Students’ attitude towards mathematics is affected by factors such as parental influences, teacher affective support and classroom instruction. The purpose of this research was to examine the inter-relationships between these factors and effects on attitude towards mathematics using a partial least squares-structural equation modeling approach. A survey was carried out with a sample of 318 Form Four students from Sabah, Malaysia. The questionnaire consists of four scales: Perceived Parental Influences, Teacher Affective Support, Classroom Instruction and Attitude towards Mathematics. IBM SPSS 19.0 and Smart PLS 2.0 were used to analyze the measurement and structural models. The results showed that with the exclusion of some indicators from the scales, the measurement models showed acceptable reliability and validity. The structural model has moderate predictive relevance but the inter-relationships of the constructs in the structural model were significant. Teacher affective support and classroom instruction predict attitude towards mathematics more than parental influences. Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/22354/1/Factors%20Affecting%20Students.pdf Shamila Dewi Davadas and Yoon Fah Lay Factors Affecting Students’ Attitude toward Mathematics: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach. EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education, 14 (1). pp. 517-529. ISSN ISSN:1305-8215 DOI: https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/80356
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Shamila Dewi Davadas
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Factors Affecting Students’ Attitude toward Mathematics: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach
description Students’ attitude towards mathematics is affected by factors such as parental influences, teacher affective support and classroom instruction. The purpose of this research was to examine the inter-relationships between these factors and effects on attitude towards mathematics using a partial least squares-structural equation modeling approach. A survey was carried out with a sample of 318 Form Four students from Sabah, Malaysia. The questionnaire consists of four scales: Perceived Parental Influences, Teacher Affective Support, Classroom Instruction and Attitude towards Mathematics. IBM SPSS 19.0 and Smart PLS 2.0 were used to analyze the measurement and structural models. The results showed that with the exclusion of some indicators from the scales, the measurement models showed acceptable reliability and validity. The structural model has moderate predictive relevance but the inter-relationships of the constructs in the structural model were significant. Teacher affective support and classroom instruction predict attitude towards mathematics more than parental influences.
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title Factors Affecting Students’ Attitude toward Mathematics: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach
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title_fullStr Factors Affecting Students’ Attitude toward Mathematics: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach
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