Experiences of Mexican teenage students when choosing a math degree: A mathematical narrative identity study
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| Авторы: | , , |
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| Формат: | artículo original |
| Статус: | Versión publicada |
| Дата публикации: | 2021 |
| Описание: | There is little qualitative research on mathematics education focused on the experiences of young students when choosing a mathematics degree and how these experiences are assimilated into their mathematics life stories. The objective of this narrative inquiry is to identify the experiences of Mexican students who choose a mathematics degree through their mathematics life story. The conceptualization of a mathematical narrative identity divided into motivations, sources of motivation, and expectations allowed the identification of the following: (1) motivation of Mexican students for choosing a math degree, (2) sources of this motivation, and (3) future expectations related to this choice. This qualitative study was conducted based on a case study to prepare an in-depth analysis of multiple cases and frame them into a general description. Data was gathered from 47 interviews to collect students’ mathematics life stories. The four thematic analyses gave the following results: (1) the three main motivations were “liking mathematics”, self-efficacy belief, and the desire to become a “good teacher”, (2) the two main expectations were “being a good teacher” and “learning more mathematics”, and (3) the four main sources of motivations were self-efficacy belief, having “good teachers”, indirect experiences, and mastering knowledge. Results have similarities with the importance of self-efficacy beliefs and differences between “liking mathematics” and the desire to become a “good teacher” regarding the psychological explanations about the motivational forces to choose a math degree. |
| Страна: | Portal de Revistas UNA |
| Институт: | Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UNA |
| Язык: | Inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.revistas.una.ac.cr:article/14449 |
| Online-ссылка: | https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/uniciencia/article/view/14449 |
| Ключевое слово: | Students choosing a math degree students’ motivations narrative inquiry narrative identity self-efficacy beliefs Elección de carrera matemática de los estudiantes motivaciones de los estudiantes investigación narrativa identidad narrativa creencias de autoeficacia eleição do curso de matemática pelos estudantes motivações dos estudantes pesquisa narrativa identidade narrativa crenças de autoeficácia |