A Survey on the Permanence of Finnish Students' Arithmetical Skills and the Role of Motivation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5686207 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Timo Tossavainen (0000-0002-7494-4632), Pertti Väisänen (0000-0002-8316-1373), Jorma K Merikoski (0000-0001-5051-0082), Tuija Lukin, Hannele Suomalainen |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 2015 |
| Pages | 1-8 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Education Research International (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2090-4010 • E-ISSN: 2090-4002 |
| Publisher | Hindawi Limited (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1155/2015/213429 |
| OpenAlex | W2089238396 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
This study concerns the permanence of the basic arithmetical skills of Finnish students by investigating how a group (N=463) of the eighth and eleventh year students and the university students of humanities perform in problems that are slightly modified versions of certain PISA 2003 mathematics test items. The investigation also aimed at finding out what the impact of motivation-related constructs, for example, students' achievement goal orientations, is and what their perceived competence beliefs and task value on their performance in mathematics are. According to our findings, the younger students' arithmetical skills have declined through the course of ten years but the older students' skills have become generic to a greater extent. Further, three motivational clusters could be identified accounting for 7.5 per cent of students' performance in the given assignments. These results are compatible with the outcomes of the recent assessments of the Finnish students' mathematical skills and support the previous research on the benefits of learning orientation combined with the high expectation of success and the valuing of mathematics learning
Arithmetic function · Competence (human resources · Discrete mathematics · Eleventh · Mathematics education · Task (project management · Test (biology · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness · Educational Strategies and Epistemologies · Engineering · Mathematics · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports · Psychology · Social Psychology
An Achievement Goal Theory Perspective on Issues in Motivation Terminology, Theory, and Research
Self-enhancing and self-defeating ego orientation
Discriminant and criterion-related validity of achievement goals in predicting academic achievement
Patterns of motivation beliefs
Performance-approach goals
Expectancy–Value Theory of Achievement Motivation
Probing for the multiplicative term in modern expectancy–value theory
Relations among competence beliefs, utility value, achievement goals, and effort in mathematics
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |