Examining Students’ Motivation and Attitudes towards Mathematics

The article aims to provide a brief overview of students’ possible motivations and attitudes, which may be decisive for their achievement in one or another subject, which in this case is mathematics. A scale questionnaire has been developed to understand teenagers’ interest in mathematics and distin...

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Published inTEM Journal Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 1670 - 1680
Main Authors Nagyová Lehocká, Zuzana, Kmetová, Mária
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published UIKTEN - Association for Information Communication Technology Education and Science 2025
Subjects
Education
Educational Psychology
Motivation
attitude, mathematics
gender differences
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ISSN2217-8309
2217-8333
2217-8333
DOI10.18421/TEM142-64

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Summary:The article aims to provide a brief overview of students’ possible motivations and attitudes, which may be decisive for their achievement in one or another subject, which in this case is mathematics. A scale questionnaire has been developed to understand teenagers’ interest in mathematics and distinguish their motivations. Next, the research is presented based on these questionnaires, analysing the answers in terms of both student grades and gender differences. The research primarily examined the attitudes of 13-15-year-old students toward mathematics.
ISSN:2217-8309
2217-8333
2217-8333
DOI:10.18421/TEM142-64