%0 Journal Article
%T Three-Year Longitudinal Survey of Changes in Consciousness about Mathematics in Junior High School Students and Its Relationship with Academic Achievement
%A Kohei Okado
%A Noriyuki Kida
%A Takeshi Sakai
%J Psychology
%P 46-61
%@ 2152-7199
%D 2019
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/psych.2019.101004
%X This study explored correlation between changes of consciousness and academic achievement about mathematics across the 3 years on junior high school in Japan. The purpose of this study was to develop and assess the item of consciousness about mathematics in junior high school. For that reason a 3-year longitudinal survey was conducted in a private junior high school for three generations. First, an exploratory factor analysis was conducted, which extracted two factors: ˇ°Interest scoreˇ± and ˇ°Quantitative learning scoreˇ±. Then, correlations between the two factors and academic achievement were investigated. Results indicated that Interest score had a strong correlation with academic achievement for mathematics and the Quantitative learning score had a weak correlation with academic achievement. These results suggest that educational activities focusing on the consciousness about mathematics are useful for improving mathematical education of junior high school students.
%K Junior High School
%K Mathematics Education
%K Interest
%K Quantitative Learning
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=89882