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dc.contributor.authorHemmings, Brian
dc.contributor.authorGrootenboer, Peter
dc.contributor.authorKay, Russell
dc.contributor.editorFou-Lai Lin
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:28:12Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:28:12Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2012-03-25T22:54:14Z
dc.identifier.issn1571-0068
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10763-010-9224-5
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/43967
dc.description.abstractIn this article, we report on a study examining those factors which contribute to the mathematics performance of a sample of children aged between 8 and 13 years. The study was designed specifically to consider the potency of a number of mathematical affective factors, as well as background characteristics (viz., gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status), on children's mathematics performance. Data were collected by surveying the children and drawing on performance ratings from their teachers. A correlation analysis revealed that the relationships between the respective dispositional and background variables with mathematics performance were significant and in the direction as predicted. Moreover, the findings from a logistic regression showed that a combination of these variables was able to appropriately classify students who either were below-average or above-average mathematics performers. We pay particular attention to the influence of certain dispositions with respect to mathematics performance and conclude by detailing the implications of the study for teachers and researchers.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.publisher.placeNetherlands
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom691
dc.relation.ispartofpageto705
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalInternational Journal of Science and Mathematics Education
dc.relation.ispartofvolume9
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCurriculum and pedagogy
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMathematics and numeracy curriculum and pedagogy
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3901
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode390109
dc.titlePredicting mathematics achievement: The influence of prior achievement and attitudes
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2011
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorGrootenboer, Peter J.


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