Open AccessHigh school students’ attitudes toward mathematics and its relation to mathematics learning achievement
Author(s) -
Khairiani Idris,
Khazila Khazila,
Agustina Agustina,
Lisa Lisa
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
jurnal riset pendidikan matematika/jurnal riset pendidikan matematika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2477-1503
pISSN - 2356-2684
DOI - 10.21831/jrpm.v8i1.37002
Subject(s) - mathematics education , eleventh , test (biology) , achievement test , mathematics , standardized test , paleontology , physics , acoustics , biology
Attitudes toward mathematics have been acknowledged among factors related to students’ mathematics learning achievement. The positive attitudes may decrease when the education level getting higher. This study applied a mixed-method approach to describe students’ attitudes toward mathematics and to analyze the correlation between attitudes toward mathematics and mathematics learning achievement among students in the coastal area of Aceh Province, specifically in Lhokseumawe City and North Aceh Regency. Total of 481 eleventh graders completed attitudes toward mathematics questionnaire online and 19 of them were involved in semi-structured interview. Data of mathematics learning achievement was obtained from students’ scores in their report card of the previous semester. Data analyses were conducted by using Spearman’s correlation and chi-square test. The results of the study revealed that attitudes toward mathematics have a weak negative correlation but significant with mathematics learning achievement. This shows that there is a small percentage of students who have low learning achievement in mathematics tend to have a positive attitude towards mathematics in the high category, while students with high achievement on the contrary. Based on the results of the study, we provide several suggestions regarding learning mathematics and the direction of further research.