Investigating The Mediating Role Of Attitude Towards Mathematics In The Relationship Between Perception Of Teacher's Educational Optimism And Mathematical Self-Efficacy Of First Secondary Students In Aligudarz City
Subject Areas : Educational Scienceshayesteh rezaei 1 * , Omolbanin Almasi Nejad 2
1 - Department of Mathematics, Aligudarz Branch
2 - Department of didactic management
Keywords: attitude towards mathematics, educational optimism, student', s mathematical self-efficacy.,
Abstract :
The purpose of present study was investigating the mediating role of attitude towards mathematics in the relationship between the perception of the teacher's educational optimism and the mathematical self-efficacy of the students of the first secondary school in Aligudarz city in the academic year of 1400-1401. Descriptive-correlation research with structural equation modeling approach. The statistical population included all 5718 students of the first secondary school in Aligudarz city (2799 female students and 2919 male students). The sample size of the subjects was determined by using the sample estimate from Karjesi and Morgan (Naderi and Saif Naraghi, 2013), and the questionnaire was given to the respondents using the random cluster sampling method. Data collection tools included Aiken's Math Attitude Questionnaire (1978), Teachers' Educational Optimism Questionnaire (Wolfolk Hoy et al., 2008) and Math Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (Leo and Koirala, 2009). The reliability of the questionnaires was calculated using Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the above questionnaires, respectively 0.76, 0.75 and 0.79. In order to analyze the data, modeling of structural equations with partial squares was done through Spss and SmartPls software. There is an indirect relationship between the perception of teacher's educational optimism and math self-efficacy due to the mediating role of students' attitude towards math. There is a direct relationship between the perception of teacher's educational optimism with math self-efficacy and students' attitude towards math. Also, there is a direct relationship between the attitude towards math and the math self-efficacy of the students of the first secondary school in Aligudarz city.