Analysis of student beliefs in a tertiary preparatory mathematics course

Carmichael, Colin S. and Taylor, Janet A. (2005) Analysis of student beliefs in a tertiary preparatory mathematics course. In: 5th Southern Hemisphere Conference on Undergraduate Mathematics and Statistics Teaching and Learning, 22-26 Nov 2005, Fraser Island, Australia.

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Abstract

Every year approximately 800 students enrol in the tertiary preparatory course TPP7181 at the University of Southern Queensland. Successful completion of this course will allow students to enrol in either further preparatory level mathematics courses or undergraduate study. For many of the students enrolled in this course, the study of mathematics was undertaken quite some time ago and usually in a school setting. Drop out rates for this course are quite high and it is hypothesized that motivation may be a key factor in determining student success or otherwise. In this study scales assessing self-efficacy were utilized in an attempt to gauge aspects of the motivation of students enrolled in the course. Initial results suggest that only specific measures of student confidence predict their performance and that both gender and age mediate the strength of this prediction.

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Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Commonwealth Reporting Category E) (Paper)
Refereed:	Yes
Item Status:	Live Archive
Additional Information:	Awaiting Author's copy from author.
Faculty / Department / School:	Historic - Learning and Teaching Support Unit
Date Deposited:	11 Oct 2007 01:15
Last Modified:	02 Jul 2013 22:47
Uncontrolled Keywords:	tertiary preparatory mathematics; course; student; TPP7181
Fields of Research :	17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1701 Psychology > 170103 Educational Psychology 13 Education > 1301 Education Systems > 130103 Higher Education 13 Education > 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy > 130208 Mathematics and Numeracy Curriculum and Pedagogy
Socio-Economic Objective:	C Society > 93 Education and Training > 9301 Learner and Learning > 930103 Learner Development
Identification Number or DOI:	10.1080/00207390500271065
URI:	http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/2857

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