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Post-Primary Students' Images of Mathematics: Findings from a Survey of Irish Ordinary Level Mathematics Students
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Lane, Ciara; Stynes, Martin; O'Donoghue, John – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2016
A questionnaire survey was carried out as part of a PhD research study to investigate the image of mathematics held by post-primary students in Ireland. The study focused on students in fifth year of post-primary education studying ordinary level mathematics for the Irish Leaving Certificate examination--the final examination for students in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Student Surveys, Secondary School Students
The Image of Mathematics Held by Irish Post-Primary Students
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Lane, Ciara; Stynes, Martin; O'Donoghue, John – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2014
The image of mathematics held by Irish post-primary students was examined and a model for the image found was constructed. Initially, a definition for "image of mathematics" was adopted with image of mathematics hypothesized as comprising attitudes, beliefs, self-concept, motivation, emotions and past experiences of mathematics. Research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Mathematics, Secondary School Students