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Characteristics of Student Survey on Confidence, Attitude, Self-Efficacy and Effort in College Mathematics Educatio

Faculty #91
Discipline: Mathematics & Statistics
Subcategory: STEM Science and Mathematics Education

Seongtae Kim - North Carolina A&T State University
Co-Author(s): Guoqing Tang, Kathy Cousins-Cooper, Paramanathan Varatharajah, Nicholas Luke, Katrina Nelson, Stacey Zimmerman, Barbara Tankersley, and Kalynda C. Smith; North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC



This presentation focuses on preliminary results of our NSF HBCU-UP BPR project entitled, ‘Effects of Innovative Mathematics Instruction Methods on Student Attitude, Self-Efficacy, Effort and Performance.’ The goal of this BPR project is to examine the relationship between the two learner-centered instructional methods and students’ self-perception such as attitude, self-efficacy, self-confidence and effort. As a preliminary analysis, we performed three different surveys: (1) academic confidence and effort, (2) attitude toward mathematics, and (3) self-efficacy in learning mathematics using more than 400 students in College Algebra and Calculus I courses in Spring 2019. This presentation characterizes students’ responses and uncovers underlying hidden factors associated with students’ self-perception toward mathematics courses. Exploratory data analysis showed that students tend to reveal more positive attitude and confidence in their learning mathematics. An exploratory factor analysis also discovered meaningful hidden factors for every thematic survey. For example, the academic confidence and effort survey revealed confidence and apprehension factors. In the sequential investigation, we will study an association between these exploratory findings and students’ academic performance to establish the knowledge base for connecting innovative learner-centered instruction methods and students’ psychological factors such as growth mindset.

Funder Acknowledgement(s): National Science Foundation

Faculty Advisor: None Listed,
NSF Affiliation: HBCU-UP

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grant No. DUE-1930047. Any opinions, findings, interpretations, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of its authors and do not represent the views of the AAAS Board of Directors, the Council of AAAS, AAAS’ membership or the National Science Foundation.

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