Learner Motivation, Perception of the Primary School Teachers’ Practices, and Students’ Experience of Self-Efficacy in Mathematics and the Sciences

Наташа З. Лалић-Вучетић, Институт за педагошка истраживања, Београд, имејл: nlalic@ipi.ac.rs
Снежана И. Мирков, Институт за педагошка истраживања, Београд
Иновације у настави, XXX, 2017/2, стр. 29–48

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doi: 10.5937/inovacije1702029L

 

Резиме: Испитивани су односи између мотивације за учење, начина опажања поступака учитеља на часовима и доживљаја самоефикасности ученика, као и израженост ових димензија ставова ученика према настави математике и природних наука. Приказани су резултати секундарних анализа података добијених путем упитника за ученике у међународном истраживању ТИМСС 2015. Узорак је обухватио четири хиљаде тридесет и шест ученика четвртог разреда из сто шездесет основних школа у Србији. Према добијеним резултатима, мотивација ученика за учење је повезана са доживљајем самоефикасности и са начинима на које ученици опажају поступке учитеља на часовима. Ученици изражавају високу мотивисаност за учење математике и природних наука, позитивно опажају поступке учитеља на часовима и имају високо изражен доживљај самоефикасности. У контексту мотивације за учење истиче се занимљивост садржаја оба предмета, истраживачки приступ у природним наукама, као и решавање проблема у математици. Подаци добијени од ученика из Србије тумачени су у односу на податке добијене у другим земљама у оквиру истраживања ТИМСС 2015. Одговори ученика који се односе на три димензије ставова у малој мери се разликују у односу на наставне предмете. Закључено је да стил рада наставника у разредној настави има већи утицај у односу на карактеристике садржаја.

Кључне речи: настава математике и природних наука, ставови ученика, мотивација за учење, опажање поступака наставника, доживљај самоефикасности ученика.

Summary: The goal of the research presented in this paper was to determine the correlations among students’ motivation for learning, their perception of teachers’ practices in class, and student self-efficacy beliefs as well as the presence of these dimensions relative to students’ attitudes towards mathematics and science lessons. The results of the secondary data analysis from questionnaires for students obtained in the international research TIMSS 2015 are presented in this paper. The sample included 4036 fourth-grade students from 160 primary schools in Serbia. The results indicate the existence of a relatively high correlation between the self-efficacy beliefs, students’ motivation for learning, and their perception of teachers’ practices in class. Students expressed a high level of motivation for learning science and mathematics, their perception of teachers’ practices is positive and the feeling of self-efficacy is very high. When asked about their motivation for learning, the respondents stressed the importance of interesting content of both subjects, a scientific, research-oriented approach in natural sciences and problem-solving in mathematics. The data obtained in Serbia were compared with the data from other countries included in the TIMSS 2015 project. The responses regarding the three dimensions differ slightly from the responses concerning school subjects. The conclusion is that in the lower grades of primary school teachers’ style of teaching is more relevant than the characteristics of the content of individual subjects.

Key words: teaching mathematics and science, student attitudes, learner motivation, perception of teachers’ practices, self-efficacy.

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