Download or read book The Relationship Between Goal orientation Help seeking Math Self efficacy and Mathematics Achievement in a Community College written by Daylene M. Meuschke and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Factors Effecting Student Achievement written by Engin Karadağ and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-05-14 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the effect of psychological, social and demographic variables on student achievement and summarizes the current research findings in the field. It addresses the need for inclusive and interpretive studies in the field in order to interpret student achievement literature and suggests new pathways for further studies. Appropriately, a meta-analysis approach is used by the contributors to show the big picture to the researchers by analyzing and combining the findings from different independent studies. In particular, the authors compile various studies examining the relationship between student achievement and 21 psychological, social and demographic variables separately. The philosophy behind this book is to direct future research and practices rather than addressing the limits of current studies.

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Download or read book Achievement Goal Orientation of Community College Mathematics Students and the Misalignment of Instructors Perceptions written by Vilma Mesa and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study reports findings regarding the application of a survey of achievement goal orientations to a sample of mathematics 777 students enrolled in remedial and college mathematics courses at a community college. The survey was based on the Patterns of Adaptive Learning Scales [PALS] and it included questions from the Views About Mathematics Survey [VAMS]. Interviews with faculty teaching these students gave us their perceptions of how their students would score in the scales measured with the survey. Survey results indicate that students' achievement goal orientations are consistent with adaptive learning patterns: students are interested in developing competence, expect and believe they can handle challenging work, avoid self-handicapping behaviors, and exhibit a positive mathematics self-concept. Interviews reveal that instructors perceive that their students are more concerned with external judgments regarding their ability and less interested in developing competence, that they engage in self-handicapping behaviors, have a poor sense of their own capacity to do the work, routinely press for reducing challenge in the classroom, and have a low mathematics self-concept. In addition, students in remedial classes and their instructors hold more positive perceptions than students and instructors of college classes. These discrepancies suggest that instructors might benefit from learning the goal orientations that community college mathematics students have, so they can take advantage of the high confidence and motivation to learn that their students bring to the mathematics classroom. Appended are: Survey Items and Scales. (Contains 11 tables, 1 figure, and 5 footnotes.).

Download or read book PERFORMANCE BEYOND ABILITY EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MOTIVATION AND MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT AT COMMUNITY COLLEGES written by Ezell Wesley Allen and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mathematics achievement, both in high school and early in college, is one of the strongest predictors of college completion. Research has shown that math interest, utility, engagement, self-efficacy, and identity are related to mathematics achievement. Hence, this study uses structural equation modeling to evaluate Fords (2017) empirical model linking mathematics beliefs and achievement, which expanded on Eccles model of achievement-related choices (2005) and Middletons model of mathematics achievement (2013). This study also moves beyond the Allen (2019) limitations by exploring institutions that are different in geographic locations. With the new expanded scope, this study adds to the growing body of research specifically dedicated to exploring the elements affecting mathematics achievement at the community college level. This study also surveys students in a broad range of mathematics courses, ranging from developmental/foundational courses to college/transfer level courses. Multiple institutions are used to assess regional differences and to add to the generalizability of the results. Ultimately, this study is dedicated to understanding how student mathematical achievement at the community college level can be better understood through an assessment of five motivational constructs. The results showed that the models all exhibited reasonable model fit to the proposed model for exploring mathematics achievement at the community college level. Results also showed that there were significant differences in three paths. Both the Utility to Self-Efficacy and the Engagement to Achievement pathways were not significant with College A. Additionally, the Self-Efficacy to Engagement pathway was not significant with College A, College C and the Combined college data..

Download or read book Effects of Goal Setting Procedures on Students Mathematical Achievement and Self efficacy written by Leslie Roche Roulier and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Annual Meeting Program written by American Educational Research Association and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Structural Model of Self efficacy Goal Orientation Worry Sel regulated Learning and High stakes Mathematics Achievement written by John Richard Malpass and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Goal Orientations and Adolescent Mathematics Achievement written by Tran Dang Keys and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Motivation is a fundamental educational challenge for adolescents in the United States, and particularly for immigrant youth. The motivation to achieve, especially in mathematics, declines during adolescence. Most of what is known about motivation is based on studies of predominately middle-class White students; yet the influx of immigrants over the past forty years, particularly from Latin America and Asia, speaks to the increasing importance of achievement among immigrant youth in the U.S. school system and society at large, underscoring the need to understand the motivation to achieve among immigrant youth and its relation to academic achievement. This dissertation examines the association between motivation (i.e., personal goal orientations of mastery, performance-approach, and performance-avoidance) and mathematics achievement among approximately 2,000 7th and 8th grade students, predominantly of Mexican and Vietnamese heritage, from one low-income urban school district in California. A lagged dependent variable regression model with classroom fixed effects is used to minimize biases arising from non-random assignment of teachers and students to schools and classrooms. Study 1 examines the association between students' goal orientations and achievement, as measured by a state standardized assessment. Although all three goal orientations correlate with mathematics achievement, only a mastery goal orientation consistently predicts achievement after controlling for a full set of prior achievement and demographic controls. Study 2 adds nuance to the relationship between goal orientations and achievement with a focus on ethnicity and gender. First, I examine the predictors of the three goal orientations with a focus on mastery motivation. Ethnicity is not associated with mastery motivation--Vietnamese students do not have a motivation advantage over Hispanic students. Gender is associated with mastery motivation, with males less likely than females to be mastery oriented. Additionally, males--particularly Hispanic males--are more performance-avoidant than Hispanic females. Second, the differential effects of goal orientations for students with varying socio-demographic characteristics suggest that the relationship between goal orientations and mathematics achievement are not the same for all students. There is a positive association between mastery goal orientation and achievement for Vietnamese students but not Hispanic students; however, no differential effects are found with performance goals.

Download or read book Self Regulation and Motivational Beliefs in Mathematics Achievement written by G Lnur Erg Z G N La Ar and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2011-10 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purposes of this study are to investigate how mathematics achievement can be explained in terms of motivational beliefs (intrinsic goal orientation, extrinsic goal orientation, task value, control and learning beliefs, self efficacy for learning and performance and test anxiety), self-regulated learning components (cognitive strategy use and self-regulation), gender and school types and to determine the differences between two gender (girls and boys) and two school types (public schools and private schools) with respect to the variables above in the subject domain of mathematics. The study was conducted in Istanbul and Ankara, two largest cities of Turkey. Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) and Mathematics Achievement Test (MAT) were used. By using Linear Stepwise Regression and MANOVA, some important resuts were reached. One of these results is that the combined effect of three predictor variables (school type, self-efficacy and intrinsic goal orientation) on students' mathematics achievement was significant. In other words, school type, self-efficacy and intrinsic goal orientation are important in mathematics achievement.

Download or read book Goal Setting and Self efficacy in Mathematics written by Lindsay Freestone and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study focuses on the practice of goal setting and its impact on elementary students' self-efficacy and future goals. The major research question was, "In what ways do performance goals affect elementary students' self-efficacy in mathematics?" Research was conducted with a sample of twenty-five fifth grade students at a suburban elementary school in southern California. Students set goals for performance in mathematics, completed surveys to assess their self-efficacy, and revised both their goals and self-efficacy after receiving feedback about their performance. Self-efficacy scores were drawn from the surveys and used in the analysis. Quantitative analyses were conducted to identify if changes in self-efficacy were significant. Additional quantitative analyses examined the correlational relationships between meeting or not meeting goals, changes in self-efficacy, and changes in future performance goals. There was insufficient evidence from the chi-square analysis to show statistically significant changes in student self-efficacy. However, moderate correlational relationships between goal achievement and changes in self-efficacy and future goals were identified using a Pearson-product moment coefficient of correlation. Furthermore, stronger relationships were identified between proximity of achievement to goals and self-efficacy and future goals set.

Download or read book Domain Knowledge Attitudes Self efficacy Beliefs and Attributions for Achievement Working Together in the Community College Remedial Mathematics Classroom written by Kenneth Scott Murphy and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABSTRACT: Community colleges are faced with increasing numbers of students who are unprepared to complete and receive passing grades for college-level coursework. Mathematics is one subject area in which many students often require remediation. Researchers have discussed remedial mathematics in community colleges as it relates separately to mathematical domain knowledge. However, there are no studies which examine how the relationships between and among attitudes toward mathematics, self-efficacy beliefs, and attributions for achievement influence students' acquisition of mathematical domain knowledge. The findings of this study showed that attitudes toward mathematics, self-efficacy beliefs, and attributions for achievement influenced mathematical domain knowledge acquisition among four students.

Download or read book How Does Goal Setting Affect Elementary Student Math Achievement written by Robert James Rand and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In many elementary schools, mathematics achievement, instruction and individual interventions are crucial to make sure that all students succeed. When students are not taught at their level, they may become discouraged, uninterested and act out. If students are involved with their learning, understand their objectives, have a voice to set goals, and receive feedback, the outcome can be very different. The overall research problem being addressed in this action research project is how goal setting affects elementary mathematics student achievement. This is an important project that looks to increase student motivation and self-efficacy in mathematics. How does goal setting increase student mathematics achievement? This research concludes that when students have clear learning targets, voice in goal setting, and receive adult feedback, there is an increase in learning. The research holds an impact for positive social change as it works to increase intrinsic motivation in our students.

Download or read book Self efficacy and Goal Orientation and Their Association with Academic Achievement written by Ellie S. Karle and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much research has been conducted in order to determine the most significant variables associated with student academic achievement. This study explored the association among student goal orientation, self-efficacy, and academic achievement measured by GPA in a sample of undergraduate students from a large evangelical university. The trichotomous model for goal orientation was utilized including: mastery goals (motivated by a desire to master a task or subject), performance-approach goals (motivated by a desire to perform well in comparison with to others), and performance-avoidant goals (motivated by a fear of failure). Data were analyzed using two-way analysis of variance for the fixed factors of median split self-efficacy and GPA range. The outcome variable was student scores for mastery, performance-approach and performance-avoidant goal orientation respectively. Results indicated no significant interaction between GPA range and self-efficacy for any of the three models. However, GPA range had a significant main effect on performance-approach orientation and self-efficacy had a significant main effect on mastery orientation. Moreover, bivariate correlations demonstrated significant correlations between student self-efficacy scores and each type of goal orientation. Implications were discussed regarding the benefits of promoting both mastery and performance-approach goals through instructional practices as a means to promote learning and student retention in academic institutions.

Download or read book Reciprocal Partnership written by Kerry Kwan and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Community colleges are calling to support students who are at risk of restricting their career options because they do not have the mathematical groundings to pursue math-related careers. In response, I conceptualize a mathematics intervention program namely, Reciprocal Partnership, which is defined as the collaboration of student dyads to engage in reciprocal learning and teaching under the influence of constructive and collaborative environments that are structured by the Three Learning Situations framework. Reciprocal Partnership is proposed to enrich college students in their mathematical learning and to support their social development during their secondary-tertiary transition for mathematics knowledge and skills are strongly correlated with studentsâ college success and career aspiration. Therefrom, the purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of Reciprocal Partnership on the mathematics self-efficacy and achievement of first- and second-semester college students through a mixed methods approach. It also examines the structure of Reciprocal Partnership to inform the design of effective intervention programs for mathematical learning. Data from final examination grade, and pre- and post-surveys were analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics, and were used to cross-validate findings from semi-structured interviews. Quantitative results reveal significant effect of Reciprocal Partnership on the mathematics self-efficacy of only students in the first semester, and no significant effect on the mathematics achievement of both students in the first and second semester. However, qualitative results identify a number of benefits for both groups of students such as gains in mathematical knowledge and skill, confidence, motivation, social connection, and comfort. Results from this study suggest the emphasis of mathematics intervention programs on all three learning situations (exploratory, explanatory, and extensional) over only the explanatory situation to maximize learning outcomes.

Download or read book The Effects of Online Homework on Achievement and Self efficacy of College Algebra Students written by David Shane Brewer and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study compared the effectiveness, in terms of mathematical achievement and mathematics self-efficacy, of online homework to textbook homework over an entire semester for 145 students enrolled in multiple sections of college algebra at a large community college. A quasi-experimental, posttest design was used to analyze the effect on mathematical achievement, as measured by a final exam. A pretest-posttest design was used to analyze the effect on mathematics self-efficacy, as measured by the Mathematics Self-efficacy Scale. The control group completed their homework using the textbook and the treatment group completed similar homework using an online homework system developed by the textbook publisher. All class sections followed a common syllabus, schedule, and homework list and completed a common, departmental final exam. Classroom observations were also used as a way to establish the similarity between groups. The results of the study found that while the treatment group generally scored higher on the final exam, no significant difference existed between the mathematical achievement of the control and treatment groups. Both the control and treatment group did experience significant improvements in their mathematics self-efficacy, but neither group demonstrated more improvement than the other. When students were divided based on incoming math skill level, analysis showed that low-skilled students who used online homework exhibited significantly higher mathematical achievement than low-skilled students who used textbook homework. Exploratory analysis also showed that more students with low incoming skill levels and more repeating students received a passing grade when using online homework than did their higher-skilled, first-time counterparts, although the differences were not significant. Based on this study it appears as if online homework is just as effective as textbook homework in helping students learn college algebra and in improving students' mathematics self-efficacy. Online homework may be even more effective for helping the large population of college algebra students who enroll in the course with inadequate prerequisite math skills. Instructors and researchers should consider the possibility that online homework can successfully help certain populations of students develop understanding better than traditional approaches. This study has implications for mathematics instructors and for online homework system developers.

Download or read book Regression Analysis of Self regulatory Concepts to Predict Community College Math Achievement and Persistence written by Stephen Peter Gramlich and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Open door admissions at community colleges bring returning adults, first timers, low achievers, disabled persons, and immigrants. Passing and retention rates for remedial and non-developmental math courses can be comparatively inadequate (LAVC, 2005; CCPRDC, 2000; SBCC, 2004; Seybert & Soltz, 1992; Waycaster, 2002). Mathematics achievement historically has been a subject of concern with community colleges, universities, and primary schools (Davis, 1994; MEC, 1997; NCTM, 1989, 2000; Wang-Iverson, 1998). An important statistic of community colleges is that more than 83% of students work full or part-time (NEDRC, 2000; Phillippe & Patton, 2000). Conventional homework time estimates can range from 1-3 hours of homework for every hour of in-class instruction. Self-regulatory learning has been proposed to improve opportunity for math achievement (Bembenutty, 2005; Ironsmith et al., 2003; Jones & Byrnes, 2006; Pajares & Graham, 1999; Schunk, 1990). Seventeen research questions were made to explore the relative influences of goal setting, time planning, and time usage on mathematics achievement and persistence. Math students from 8 classes at a large, northeastern community college were administered 3 surveys asking self-regulatory questions. Results were found from descriptive statistics, frequency distributions, correlation matrices, t-tests, multiple regressions, and logistic regressions. Goal setting and time management were significant contributors in the model for predicting non-remedial students' final average. With respect to remedial students' final average, goal setting was related but all of the time planning and usage variables were not. Non-remedial students may have been more realistic about their course goals. However, non-remedial students were overly optimistic about allocating their time. No practical information regarding math student persistence beyond the first exam was found. Notable statistics from this study included: students spent about 5 to 6 hours per week on their math homework and over 80% worked at least 15 hours per week. Students worked more job hours on average than on all class homework. A possible recommendation to improve achievement is an extra class time for doing homework. Another implication is math educators, first-year workshops, and textbooks could teach the skills necessary for students to create suitable time management schedules and strategies that support students' course goals.