Middle school students’ mathematical problem-solving ability and the influencing factors in mainland China
This study investigated the mathematical problem-solving ability of 42,644 ninth-grade students who participated in regional education quality health monitoring from Z province in East China and the factors which influence their performance of mathematical problem-solving. The results are as follows...
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| description | This study investigated the mathematical problem-solving ability of 42,644 ninth-grade students who participated in regional education quality health monitoring from Z province in East China and the factors which influence their performance of mathematical problem-solving. The results are as follows: (1) ~96% of the students’ mathematics problem-solving ability meets the basic academic requirements of the mathematics curriculum standards; (2) boys and children without siblings performed better, and urban students performed significantly better than county and rural students; (3) ~28% of students’ mathematical problem-solving performance came from inter-school variability; urban and rural backgrounds had a greater impact on mathematical problem-solving than did teaching factors, while teaching self-efficacy had the least impact among the school-level influencing factors. In contrast, the influence of individual non-intelligence factors was higher than that of student background variables, including a greater positive effect of self-efficacy and a greater negative effect of mathematics anxiety. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-efcf84034cb94dc28e79dd5a03df642f2022-12-22T04:14:12ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-11-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.10423151042315Middle school students’ mathematical problem-solving ability and the influencing factors in mainland ChinaZhuzhu Xu0Chunxia Qi1School of Education, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, ChinaFaculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, ChinaThis study investigated the mathematical problem-solving ability of 42,644 ninth-grade students who participated in regional education quality health monitoring from Z province in East China and the factors which influence their performance of mathematical problem-solving. The results are as follows: (1) ~96% of the students’ mathematics problem-solving ability meets the basic academic requirements of the mathematics curriculum standards; (2) boys and children without siblings performed better, and urban students performed significantly better than county and rural students; (3) ~28% of students’ mathematical problem-solving performance came from inter-school variability; urban and rural backgrounds had a greater impact on mathematical problem-solving than did teaching factors, while teaching self-efficacy had the least impact among the school-level influencing factors. In contrast, the influence of individual non-intelligence factors was higher than that of student background variables, including a greater positive effect of self-efficacy and a greater negative effect of mathematics anxiety.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1042315/fullinfluencing factorsmathematical problem-solvingmiddle school mathematicsmainland Chinabenchmarkproficiency |
| spellingShingle | Zhuzhu Xu Chunxia Qi Middle school students’ mathematical problem-solving ability and the influencing factors in mainland China Frontiers in Psychology influencing factors mathematical problem-solving middle school mathematics mainland China benchmark proficiency |
| title | Middle school students’ mathematical problem-solving ability and the influencing factors in mainland China |
| title_full | Middle school students’ mathematical problem-solving ability and the influencing factors in mainland China |
| title_fullStr | Middle school students’ mathematical problem-solving ability and the influencing factors in mainland China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Middle school students’ mathematical problem-solving ability and the influencing factors in mainland China |
| title_short | Middle school students’ mathematical problem-solving ability and the influencing factors in mainland China |
| title_sort | middle school students mathematical problem solving ability and the influencing factors in mainland china |
| topic | influencing factors mathematical problem-solving middle school mathematics mainland China benchmark proficiency |
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