Vidare forskning

Jag har i mitt examensarbete försökt att undersöka hur elevernas attityd till ämnet matematik korrelerar med deras förmåga att lösa matematiska uppgifter. Vid vidare forskning skulle man kunna fokusera på vissa delar av begreppet attityd istället för att försöka undersöka alla dess komponenter.

Min undersökning visade att en stor del av de elever som läser matematik på gymnasiet känner sig stressade av att läsa ämnet. Det är därför av intresse att undersöka vilka aspekter av ämnet matematik som orsakar stress hos eleverna. Genom att operationalisera begreppet stress och undersöka vad eleverna känner sig stressade över och när de gör det, kan man undersöka ursprung och orsak. Genom att forska i vad som är orsaken till stress kopplat till ämnet matematik kan förhoppningsvis framtida undervisning anpassas på ett sådant sett att elever i mindre mån upplever stress.

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Ekot (2011). Regeringen satsar ny miljard på matematik. Publicerad:

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SVT (2017) Anna Ekström (S) i Aktuellt: Lagstifta mot ”snällbetyg” publicerad:

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