Diagnosis of Student’s Attitudes towards Mathematics in the First Year of Three Graduate Programs in Business Administration

 

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Autori: Cardoso Espinosa, Edgar Oliver, Vanegas López, Eduardo Antonio, Cerecedo Mercado, María Trinidad
Natura: artículo
Status:Versión publicada
Data di pubblicazione:2012
Descrizione:The objective of this research was to determine the student’s attitudes towards Mathematics at the beginning of their graduate studies in Business Administration. The study used an exploratory, non-experimental, cross-sectional design. The instrument used was a questionnaire based on willingness, confidence, utility, motivation and anxiety with Likert questions. The study concluded that students have a negative attitude towards Mathematics; it is considered as a useful but difficult discipline and, for that reason, students show anxiety and lack of confidence when applying mathematical procedures.
Stato:Portal de Revistas UNA
Istituzione:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
Lingua:Español
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OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/4052
Accesso online:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/EDUCARE/article/view/4052
Keyword:Attitudes
graduate program
Mathematics
anxiety.
Actitudes
posgrado
Matemáticas
ansiedad.