مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - Scaling Study For The Factors Affect The Attitudes Of Students Towards Maths Lesson According To The Views Of Teachers

Abstract :

In this study, the factors affect the attitudes of students towards maths lesson according to the views of teachers scaled by Paire – Wise Comparison Method. The data of the study were gathered from 243 teachers who are serving in various parts of Türkiye in the academic year of 2011-2012. In the study, according to the teachers’ opinions, it has been concluded that the most influential factor of students’ attitudes towards maths lesson is the teachers’ ability to have the maths lesson liked by students. When the teachers’ opinions have been approched according to the independent variables as gender, seniority and branch; and except for the maths teachers who have seniority between 6-10 years and who are at elemantary schools, the first factor in all other categories has been concluded as the teachers’ ability to have the maths less on liked by students again. The least factor that affects the students’attitudes towards maths has been found as the maths anxiety. This finding is the same for all the categories of independent variables except for the category of maths teachers at elemantary schools for the branch variable and for the categoryof the variable for teachers who have 1-5 years of seniority.