The Influence of Attitudes and Beliefs on the Problem-Solving Performance.
- The problem-solving performance of primary school students depend on their attitudes and beliefs. As it is not easy to change attitudes, we aimed to change the relationship between problem-solving performance and attitudes with a training program. The training was based on the assumption that self-generated external representations support the problem-solving process. Furthermore, we assumed that students who are encouraged to generate representations will be successful, especially when they analyze and reflect on their products. A paper-pencil test of attitudes and beliefs was used to measure the constructs of willingness, perseverance, and self-confidence. We predicted that participation in the training program would attenuate the relationship between attitudes and problem-solving performance and that non-participation would not affect the relationship. The results indicate that students’ attitudes had a positive effect on their problem-solving performance only for students who did not participate in the training.
Author: | Nina Sturm, Carla Bohndick |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2021.525923 |
Publisher: | frontiers |
Document Type: | Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Publishing Institution: | Pädagogische Hochschule Ludwigsburg |
Release Date: | 2021/07/23 |
Year of Completion: | 2021 |
Tag: | Einstellungen; Überzeugungen Problemlösung |
GND Keyword: | Grundschuldidaktik; Grundschule; Mathematikdidaktik |
Issue: | Frontiers in Education, 17 February 2021 |
Note: | Abruf des Volltextes unter angegebener DOI. |
Faculties: | Fakultät für Kultur- und Naturwissenschaften |
DDC class: | 300 Sozialwissenschaften / 370 Erziehung, Schul- und Bildungswesen |
Open Access: | Ja |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |