The study investigates the relationship of theoretically relevant variables to student attitudes toward mathematics. Data on student, teacher, and learning environment variables hypothesized to be related to attitude toward mathematics were collected from 2,000 students and their math teachers at grades four, seven and nine. Over 130 variables…

Subjects in this study of the learning environment in a rural school and an urban school were students of 96 classrooms, 47 of which were in rural areas and the remaining 50 in urban areas. Half the students were administered the Learning Environment Inventory and the other half took the Test of Primary Mental Abilities. Results indicate that…