Ortaokul Öğrencilerinin Matematik Öğretmenlerinin Güdüsel Desteklerine İlişkin Algıları ile Güdüsel İnançları Arasındaki İlişkiler

İlişkin Algıları ile Güdüsel İnançları Arasındaki İlişkiler The Relationships between Middle School Students Perceptions Regarding Mathematics Teachers Motivational Support and their Motivational Beliefs

Abstract: This study aimed to investigate if middle school 6th , 7th and 8th grade students perceptions regarding motivational support provided by mathematics teachers and their own motivational beliefs in mathematics classes differ, based upon grade, gender and mathematics achievement scores and, to examine the predictive power of students perceptions regarding the motivational support provided by mathematics teachers related to motivational beliefs in mathematics. The study was conducted with the participation of 732 secondary school students from 15 schools in the 2013-2014 academic year in the Alanya district of Antalya province. Data was collected through the Teacher Motivational Support and Motivation scales. The Mann-Whitney U Test, Kruskall Wallis Test, Spearman s rho analysis and regression analysis were employed in the analysis of the data. Based upon this data analysis, perceptions regarding the mathematics teachers motivational support were found to be higher in females compared to males, in 6th graders, as compared to 7th and 8th graders and in high achievers compared to low achievers. It was also determined that the students motivational beliefs in mathematics differed significantly for female students, when compared to male students, in intrinsic goal orientation, test anxiety and task value sub dimensions. It was observed that student motivation decreased together with grade levels in all sub dimensions other than test anxiety, and that those students with higher mathematics scores had higher levels of motivation.

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