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Factors affecting the development of pupil attitudes toward school subjects
Author(s) -
McMillan James H.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(197607)13:3<322::aid-pits2310130317>3.0.co;2-3
Subject(s) - enthusiasm , psychology , pupil , developmental psychology , subject (documents) , social psychology , mathematics education , library science , computer science , neuroscience
124 dissertation abstracts were reviewed to assess recent research concerning the study of factors which have an impact on pupil attitudes toward school subjects. The results of this review are discussed with research reported in journals to suggest that teacher attitudes and enthusiasm toward the subject and student related variables such as previous attitudes, parents, and self‐concept may have a greater impact on attitude formation than instructional variables. Implications of this conclusion are pointed out.