A Correlation Study between the Attitudes of the Students’ towards Mathematics with their Performance in Mathematics

Abstract

The present study was conducted with an objective to identify the relation between the attitudes of students towards mathematics with their performance in mathematics. Based on the survey research design, the study was conducted in a sample of 154 ten grader students. The performances of the students in mathematics were obtained by the school administration whereas their attitudes towards mathematics were determined with the help of survey form entitled ‘Fennema-Sherman Mathematics Attitude Scale’. The survey form was divided into eight categories as attitudes towards success in mathematics, confidence in learning mathematics, mathematics anxiety, motivation in learning mathematics, teacher scale, parents scale, mathematics usefulness and mathematics as a male domain. The study concluded with the positive correlation between the performances of the students with their attitudes towards mathematics.