Attitudes change during an Integration of Modeling Course in Year 10 - The Application of the ABC Model

Attitudes change during an Integration of Modeling Course in Year 10 - The Application of the ABC Model

Ta Thi Minh Phuong * tathiminhphuong@dhsphue.edu.vn Department of Mathematics, Hue University of Education
Tran Dung trandungdhsp@gmail.com Macquarie School of Education, Macquarie University and Hue University of Education
Summary: 
Attitude - an important psychology concept has got attention in education research around the world. In Vietnam, research related to students’ attitudes towards studying science subjects is still quite new. This study conceptualizes and operationalizes attitudes, and measures students’ attitudes toward learning mathematics. Building on previous studies, we designed an instrument that based on the ABC model of attitudes to measure how 128 high school students in Hue City changed their attitudes towards mathematics when participating in modeling tasks. The results showed that many students (59.4%) expressed their dislike of Mathematics even though they perceived Mathematics as an important subject. However, student attitudes have gradually changed in a positive direction after taking a mathematical modeling course; they shared their love towards authentic tasks. This shows the students had changed their attitudes about mathematics and were cognizant of its utility.
Keywords: 
mathematics
attitude measurement
students
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