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



Table 7.2.7: Mean scores and Standard Deviation of 8th graders’ motivation to learn
mathematics promoted by teaching methods according to their attribution styles of success in
mathematics learning_____________________________

Reading a textbook

Teacherexplanation

N

M__

SD

_N___

M___

SD

Ability

58

2.34

1.24

58

2.72

1.25

Effort_____________________

410

2.65

1.21

412

3.48

1.13

Luck________________

159

2.24

1.13

160

3.09

1.22

Support form teacher

196

2.64

1.13

196

3.71

1.01

Home support_______

207

2.49

1.17

208

3.08

1.18

Task easiness________

49

2.06

.97

49

2.86

1.15

ANOVA_________

F=4.986, p=. 000

F=14.'

85, p=.

000___

Table 7.2.8: Mean scores and Standard Deviation of 8th graders’ sense of security in learning
mathematics promoted by teaching methods according to their attribution styles of success in
mathematics learning______________________________________________

Reading a textbook

Teacher explanation

Individual work

N......

M__

SD

_N___

M

SD

N

M__

SD

Ability

58

2.88

1.35

58

3.21

1.39

58

4.03

1.20

Effort_____________________

409

3.02

1.24

409

3.71

1.11

409

3.95

1.17

Luck________________

160

2.56

1.17

160

3.18

1.23

160

3.49

1.28

Support form teacher

194

2.99

1.17

194

3.91

.98

194

3.58

1.09

Home support_______

208

2.79

1.23

208

3.37

1.20

208

3.72

1.12

Task easiness________

49

2.63

1.33

49

3.29

1.41

49

3.82

1.30

ANOVA_________

F=4.2'

7, p=. 001

F=11,278, p=. 000

F=5.484, p=. 000

Table 7.2.9: Mean scores and Standard Deviation of 8th graders’ sense of progress in learning
mathematics promoted by teaching methods according to their attribution styles of success in
mathematics learning______________________________________________

Reading a textbook

Teacherexplanation

Individual work_______

N

M

SD

N

M__

SD

_N___

M__

SD

Ability____________________

58

3.21

1.40

58

3.69

1.20

58

3.97

1.06

Effort_____________________

409

3.31

1.24

408

4.08

.97

409

4.10

1.02

Luck_______________

158

2.89

1.16

158

3.62

1.13

158

3.72

1.11

Support form teacher

196

3.29

1.20

196

4.19

.89

196

3.78

1.09

Home support_______

209

3.13

1.12

209

3.74

1.06

209

3.89

1.06

Task easiness________

49

2.76

1.25

49

3.86

1.06

49

3.94

1.13

ANOVA_________

F=4.461,p=. 000

F=9.459, p=. 000

F=4.2Z

12, p=. 001



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