The Beliefs of High School Students about Mathematics

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to investigate the beliefs of high school students about mathematics. The study was conducted in Ankara with 425 tenth-grade students. The “Beliefs about Mathematics Scale” (BaMS) was used as a measuring instrument. The hypotheses of the present study were tested by using analysis of variance at a significance level of 0.05. The results of the study indicated that: 1. There were statistically significant differences among the mean scores of students enrolled in different kinds of high schools with respect to beliefs about mathematics; 2. There were statistically significant mean differences among students who had different mathematics achievement levels in terms of beliefs about mathematics; 3. There was no statistically significant mean difference between male and female students regarding their beliefs about mathematics.