¿Por qué se rechazan las matemáticas?Análisis evolutivo y multivariante de actitudes relevantes hacia las matemáticas
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Universidad de Valladolid
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ISSN: 0034-8082
Year of publication: 2004
Issue Title: Temas actuales de Enseñanza
Issue: 334
Pages: 75-98
Type: Article
More publications in: Revista de educación
Abstract
In this paper we focus, from an evolutionary standpoint, on some of the issues arising in the so-called mathematical affective domain, taking the rejection of mathematics as our main focal point. Our data, taking as their reference point the results of a logistic regression model, support the existence of a vicious cycle: difficulty - boredom - poor grades - fatalism - low self-perception - demotivation - rejection - difficulty. This analysis therefore supports the theses of those who think that there are relations of mutual dependence between the cognitive and the affective