A Study on the Private Supplementary Tutoring of Mathematics, Mathematics Anxiety and Mathematics Attitude of Fifth and Sixth Grade Elementary School Students in New Taipei City

• Main Authors: Hsien-Tang Lin, 林獻堂
• Other Authors: Fong-Yee Nyeu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/95511801492349203033

碩士 === 淡江大學 === 教育政策與領導研究所碩士在職專班 === 102 === The purpose of this study is to investigate private supplementary tutoring of mathematics, mathematics anxiety and mathematics attitude of fifth and sixth grade elementary students in New Taipei City. This study adopts a survey research method with stratified random sampling. Questionnaires were distributed to 1,150 fifth and sixth grade elementary school students in New Taipei City, 1074 were returned, of which 1018 were considered valid, attaining an effective response rate of 88.52%. Statistical analyses include descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA and Pearson correlation. Research findings are as follows: 1.Students have a mild level of mathematics anxiety and a positive mathematics attitude. 2.Students experience a heavy burden of private supplementary mathematics tutoring. 3.Significant differences are found in the mathematics anxiety of students of different gender, father education level, and weekly hours of private supplementary tutoring of mathematics. Significant differences are also found in the mathematics attitude of students of different gender, grade, father and mother education levels and occupations. 4.Students who receive private supplementary tutoring of mathematics have a significantly better mathematics attitude than students who do not receive private supplementary tutoring of mathematics. This research proposes the following suggestions: 1.Suggestions to teachers: reduce student pressure in mathematics class, avoid excessive demand on students, encourage students, and be aware of gender differences. 2.Suggestions to parents: avoid unnecessary private supplementary tutoring of mathematics for their children. 3.Suggestions to future researchers: Conduct research in different areas, on different school levels and on private school students and explore additional related variables.