Efat sadat Mahdizade; mohammadreza khodabakhsh; Fariba Kiani; Sadegh Hajizadeh Nadaf
Volume 2, Issue 5 , July 2015, , Pages 7-17
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of various techniques of mathematical creativity development on motivational and cognitive beliefs in mathematics among female students. The research method was pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The population of study includes every ...
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of various techniques of mathematical creativity development on motivational and cognitive beliefs in mathematics among female students. The research method was pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The population of study includes every female students at guidance school in Mashhad city.40 students were selected by multi-stage sampling method and were replaced in the experimental (n=20) and control (n=20) groups. The used tool included adaptive learning models questionnaire (Middleton and Midgley, 1997), which consists of mathematics self-efficacy (motivational beliefs) and cognitive engagement (cognitive beliefs) subscales in math. Beginning, adaptive learning models questionnaire was performed as a pre-test on all subjects, then mathematical creativity program were run on experimental group while control group did not receive any training. After training sessions, adaptive learning models questionnaire was performed as the post-test on all subjects. Data was entered into spss software and was analyzed by using descriptive indexs and independent t test. Comparing the difference mean of pre-test and post-test of mathematical self-efficacy and cognitive engagement in two control and experimental groups showed mathematic performance of experimental group has increased rather than the control group at post-test. Therefore, mathematical creativity development has a significant influence on mathematical efficacy and cognitive engagement enhancement in math. Thus, we suggest to include mathematical creativity technique in desiging training courses to improve students’ math performance.
sheida sharifi saki; mohammad hosein fallah; hosein zare
Volume 1, Issue 4 , April 2014, , Pages 18-28
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The current study is aimed at conducting Role of mathematical, self- efficacy, and mathematical- self concept and the perceived classroom Environmental mathematical achievement with controlling the Gender Role. The research method was non-experimen-tal (correlation). For this purpose, 400 students ...
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The current study is aimed at conducting Role of mathematical, self- efficacy, and mathematical- self concept and the perceived classroom Environmental mathematical achievement with controlling the Gender Role. The research method was non-experimen-tal (correlation). For this purpose, 400 students (222 male and 178female) as respondents from 3rd grade of high school by means of cluster sampling technique (educational regions, high schools, classrooms, and student) and they answered the questions derived from WIHIC questionnaire, mathematical self-efficacy inventory, and mathematical Self-concept Description Questionnaire. The results of hierarchical regression showed that with Controlling the Gender Role in the first step and entering variables of mathematical, self- efficacy, and mathematical- self concept and the perceived classroom Environment in the second step, education achievement is predictable; also, in second step with entering mathematics self-efficiency and self-concept variables, perceiving classroom environment became meaningless that showed self-efficiency and self-concept have interface role between classroom environment and education achievement. Since self-efficiency belief effects on selecting challengeable purposes, amount of effort in doing duties, amount of resistance and endeavor in confronting with problems and amount of bearing pressures , mathematic self-concept leads to confidence and motivation in mathematic learning via excitement and behavioral responses about mathematics value and methods of mathematic thinking and therefore mathematics achievement increases. However, self-concept and self-efficiency are influenced about classroom environment.
