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- Title
Motivation, volition and belief change strategies to improve mathematics learning.
- Authors
Kim, C.; Keller, J. M.
- Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of motivation, volition and belief change strategies, implemented with personal and group email messages, on students' attitudes, study habits and achievement in a calculus course for non-mathematics majors. Eighty four undergraduates enrolled in a calculus course received emails over a period of 8 weeks. The results indicated that there were negative trends in participants' attitudes towards mathematics except for the group receiving belief change strategies with personal messages. There were also negative trends in participants' study habits except for the group receiving motivation, volition and belief change strategies with personal messages. No single group over any other showed improvement in achievement. Explanations for the findings, limitations of the study and implications and possibilities for future studies are discussed.
- Subjects
MATHEMATICS education; MOTIVATION (Psychology); EMAIL; STUDENT attitudes; CALCULUS education; CURRICULUM
- Publication
Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2010, Vol 26, Issue 5, p407
- ISSN
0266-4909
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2729.2010.00356.x