Prior achievement and subject-specific anxiety as key predictors of grade 5 mathematics achievement
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academic anxiety, mathematics anxiety, interest, achievement, mathematicsAbstract
Õpilaste matemaatikatulemusi seostatakse sageli nii üldiste kui ka ainespetsiifiliste hoiakutega, kuid ei ole selge, kas matemaatikaoskusi selgitavad paremini üldine akadeemiline ärevus ja õpihuvi või ainespetsiifiline matemaatikaärevus ja huvi. Õpilaste sugu ja 3. klassi varasemaid tulemusi kaasanud uuring selgitab, millised tunnused prognoosivad 5. klassi matemaatikatulemusi paremini. Uuringus leiti, et 5. klassi matemaatikatulemusi prognoosivad oluliselt vaid matemaatikaspetsiifiline ärevus ja huvi ning varasemad matemaatikatulemused. Lisaks selgus, et tüdrukutel on kõrgemad nii matemaatikaärevus kui ka üldine akadeemiline ärevus, kuid madalam huvi matemaatika vastu kui poistel. Samas ei ilmne üldise huvi ja matemaatikatulemuste puhul kummaski klassis soolisi erinevusi. Uuringu tulemused rõhutavad, et õpilaste pädevuse ja heaolu toetamiseks on vaja eristada erinevaid ärevuse tüüpe ning luua sihipäraseid sekkumisi.
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