Relationships among locus of control, learned helpless, and mathematical literacy in PISA 2012: focus on Korea and Finland
Abstract The purpose of this research is to gather empirical evidence for attribution theory (Weiner in J Educ Psychol 71(1):3–25. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0663.71.1.3, 1979) to explain students’ feelings of helplessness when learning mathematics. The relationships between mathematics literacy i...
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doaj-e23e508eaaa444a4873409c706adc0da2020-11-25T02:18:34ZengSpringerOpenLarge-scale Assessments in Education2196-07392019-02-017111910.1186/s40536-019-0072-7Relationships among locus of control, learned helpless, and mathematical literacy in PISA 2012: focus on Korea and FinlandJihyun Hwang0Teaching and Learning, University of IowaAbstract The purpose of this research is to gather empirical evidence for attribution theory (Weiner in J Educ Psychol 71(1):3–25. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0663.71.1.3, 1979) to explain students’ feelings of helplessness when learning mathematics. The relationships between mathematics literacy in PISA 2012 and learned helplessness were also observed. Korean and Finnish students’ responses were analyzed with ordinal and linear regression analyses. Similar patterns were found between the two countries when students attributed their failure to either ability or task difficulty, but different relationships were found for other attributions. The findings indicated necessity of cultural factors in addition to the attribution theory to understand students’ helplessness in learning mathematics better.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40536-019-0072-7MotivationLearned helplessnessLocus of controlPISA 2012 |
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Relationships among locus of control, learned helpless, and mathematical literacy in PISA 2012: focus on Korea and Finland |
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Relationships among locus of control, learned helpless, and mathematical literacy in PISA 2012: focus on Korea and Finland |
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Relationships among locus of control, learned helpless, and mathematical literacy in PISA 2012: focus on Korea and Finland |
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Relationships among locus of control, learned helpless, and mathematical literacy in PISA 2012: focus on Korea and Finland |
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Relationships among locus of control, learned helpless, and mathematical literacy in PISA 2012: focus on Korea and Finland |
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relationships among locus of control, learned helpless, and mathematical literacy in pisa 2012: focus on korea and finland |
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Abstract The purpose of this research is to gather empirical evidence for attribution theory (Weiner in J Educ Psychol 71(1):3–25. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0663.71.1.3, 1979) to explain students’ feelings of helplessness when learning mathematics. The relationships between mathematics literacy in PISA 2012 and learned helplessness were also observed. Korean and Finnish students’ responses were analyzed with ordinal and linear regression analyses. Similar patterns were found between the two countries when students attributed their failure to either ability or task difficulty, but different relationships were found for other attributions. The findings indicated necessity of cultural factors in addition to the attribution theory to understand students’ helplessness in learning mathematics better. |
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Motivation Learned helplessness Locus of control PISA 2012 |
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