Structural Model of Students' Interest and Self-Motivation to Learning Mathematics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5686198 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dominic Otoo (0000-0002-4877-1977), Wahab Abdul Iddrisu (0000-0001-7543-1794), Justice A Kessie (0000-0003-2865-4375), Ernest Larbi (0000-0003-3652-5223) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 2018 |
| Pages | 1-10 |
| Publication date | 2018-12-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Education Research International (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2090-4010 • E-ISSN: 2090-4002 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1155/2018/9417109 |
| OpenAlex | W2902872425 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 12 |
Students pick up the perception that mathematics is abstract and therefore, the learning of mathematics would yield to them no benefit. With their attitude towards mathematics modelled and their interest for mathematics impacted by this automatic generated perception, they may never again appreciate the beauty of mathematics. In this paper, the researchers used structural equation modeling (SEM), to investigate the variables that affect students' interest, among the variables, students' confidence and motivation. The foregoing variables were conceptualized to have a direct effect on students' interest in mathematics, whilst mathematics anxiety and students' knowledge of the usefulness of mathematics were conceptualized to have indirect effects on their interest in mathematics moderated by students' confidence and motivation. The result showed that significantly students' confidence directly affects students' interest in the learning of mathematics and there is a direct relationship between confidence and motivation. A student's knowledge about the usefulness of mathematics indirectly increases the student's interest in mathematics
Affect (linguistics · Mathematics education · Perception · Self-confidence · Statistics · Structural equation modeling · Creativity in Education and Neuroscience · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness · Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2023 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |