Motivated Loss of Interest in Mathematics

• In Event: 73.062 - Poster Session 17
  In Poster Session: 73.062-4 - Motivation in Education SIG Poster Session 1

Abstract

Students’ socioeconomic status is known to impact academic achievement. In the present study we investigated its effects on interest in mathematics controlling for the effects of mathematics achievement and mathematics self-concept. The sample comprised N = 1809 high school students in 78 schools on the academic track. A doubly-latent multilevel model revealed no effects of socioeconomic status, neither on the student nor on the school level. Interest in mathematics was a function of students’ mathematics self-concepts and the subjective peer and parental norms. These results need to be complemented with analyses on data from a more heterogeneous sample as academic track students are advantaged in many respects as compared to the general student population.

Authors

• Kerstin Schuette, Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education

• Olaf Koeller, Leibniz Institute for Science and Math Education