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attitudes promoted by different teaching methods. These were regressed on
mathematics self-concept.
The responses of 1219 5th graders perceiving their mathematics learning as successful
were used in the analysis. For them, perceived satisfaction in the classroom predicted
their mathematics self-concept best. General self-concept, deployment of Teacher
explanation and Whole-class discussion, sense of security promoted by Individual work,
motivation promoted by Individual help, attribution of success to ability and perceived
competition in classroom predicted their mathematics self-concept positively to a lesser
extent. Attribution of success to luck or teacher support and deployment of Individual
help made a negative ∞ntribution to predicting pupils’ mathematics self-concept.
The most distinctive finding was that the perceived frequency of the deployment of
Individual help affected mathematics self-concept inversely, while motivation promoted
by this teaching method affected mathematics self-concept positively. The Multiple R
value was .570 and the adjusted R square was .318 (F=41.959, p<. 01). See Table 7.5.1
for details.
Table 7.5.1: The multiple correlation coefficient of stepwise multiple regression of 5th
graders perceiving their mathematics learning as successful
Unstandardised |
Standadised |
t |
Sig.__________. | ||
B_________ |
Std-Error |
Beta________ | |||
(Constant) |
.699 |
.089 |
7.864 |
.000 | |
Satisfaction__________________________ |
.123 |
.009 |
.374 ^ |
13.279 |
.000 |
Sense of security: Individual work |
3.302E-02 |
.011 |
.089 |
3.002 |
.003 |
Deployment of Teacher explanation |
7.969E-02 |
.015 |
.156 |
5.455 |
.000 |
Attribution: luck |
-.267 |
.050 |
-.147 |
- 5.325 |
.000 |
Deployment of Individual help |
-5.653E-02 |
.014 |
-.116 |
-4.146 |
.000 |
General self-concept |
8.812E-03 |
.003 |
.094 |
3.273 |
.001 |
Attribution: teacher support |
-.108 |
.033 |
-.092 |
- 3.295 |
.001 |
Motivation: Individual help |
2.916E-02 |
.011 |
.078 |
2.709 |
.007 |
Deployment of Whole-class |
3.352E-02 |
.013 |
.072 |
2.565 |
.010 |
Attribution: ability |
.210 |
.086 |
.066 |
2.437 |
.015 |
Competition |
1.848E-02 |
.008 |
.059 |
2.176 |
.030 |
The responses of 260 5th graders perceiving their mathematics learning as failing were
analysed, using the same stepwise multiple regression procedure as for students
perceiving their learning as successful. For the students perceiving themselves as
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