KHALİFA UNİVERSİTY OF SCİENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH (KUSTAR) STUDENTS’ ATTİTUDES TOWARDS MATHEMATİCS İN THE LİGHT OF VARİABLES SUCH AS GENDER, NATİONALİTY, MATHEMATİCS SCORES AND THE COURSE THEY ARE ATTENDİNG

Year 2014, Volume: 1 , 446 - 460, 01.09.2014

Yousef Abosalem

Abstract

This study was aimed at identifying the attitudes of
the students of Khalifa University towards mathematics .The sample of this
study consisted of 88(out of 216) students distributed evenly according to
gender.  56.9% of the sample were
Emiraties and 53.1% were expatriates. The Attitude Towards Mathematics
Inventory (ATMI) was implemented in collecting the data. The results of this study indicated that there were
slight statistically significant differences between students’ attitudes towards mathematics and mathematics
achievement scores, age, the course they are attending, students’ high school
type, gender and their academic level. Additionally, the results indicated that
there were statistically significant differences between self-confidence, enjoyment  and value with  and students’ nationalities.
Expatriates students showed higher positive attitudes towards mathematics than
the Emirati students. Also, the results showed that there was a slight
statistical relationship between enjoyment and students’ academic level. Finally, this study revealed that 62.67% of the sample
have self-confidence in dealing with mathematics, 84.4% felt that mathematics
has a great value to them, and 75.49% showed enjoyment in dealing with
mathematics.

Keywords

Attitudes, mathematics, gender, nationality, course attending

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