5th and 8th grade pupils’ and teachers’ perceptions of the relationships between teaching methods, classroom ethos, and positive affective attitudes towards learning mathematics in Japan

The pupils in my Maths class enjoy their work._____________________

Children are always fighting each other in my Maths class._________

Children often race to see who can finish first in my Maths class.

In our Maths class the work is hard to do._________________________

In my Maths class everybody is my friend._________________________

Some pupils are not happy in my Maths class.____________________

Some ofthe children in my Maths class are mean._______________

Most of the children in my Maths class want their work to be better
than their friends’ work._______________________________________________

Most of the children in my Maths class can do their work without
help._____________________________________________________________________

Few pupils in my Maths class are my friends._____________________

Children seem to like this Maths class._____________________________

Many children in this Maths class like to fight._______________________

Some pupils in my Maths class feel bad when they don’t do as
well as the others._________________________________________________

Only certain pupils in my Maths class can do their work.___________

All the pupils in my Maths class are close friends.__________________

Some ofthe pupils don’t like this Maths class._____________________

Certain pupils always want their own way in my Maths class.______

Some pupils always try to do their work better than the others in
my Maths class._______________________________________________

Schoolwork in Maths class is hard to do.__________________________

All the pupils in my Maths class like one another.___________________

Maths class is fun._________________________________________________

Children in my Maths class fight a lot.______________________________

A few children in my Maths class want to be first all the time._______

Most of the pupils in my Maths class know how to do their work.

Children in our Maths class like each other as friends.______________