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High school students' attitudes toward mathematics.
Abstract
Longitudinal data from four high schools over two school years indicate that students did not want a job using mathematics, even when they viewed mathematics as important. About half were willing to work a long time to understand new ideas or obtain a solution to a problem; slightly more than 50 percent viewed mathematics as mostly memorizing. Teachers must help students develop perseverance and broaden their view of mathematics.
Introduction
In its 1989 Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) established two goals related to affective issues: learning to value ...
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