Abstract

RADOVIC S., Darinka  and  PAMPAKA, María. Relationship between students’ perceptions of mathematical teaching, sex and mathematical attitudes. Relime [online]. 2022, vol.25, n.3, pp.311-340.  Epub Aug 14, 2023. ISSN 2007-6819.  https://doi.org/10.12802/relime.22.2533.

This paper explores the relationship between students’ perceptions of the type of teaching they experience in mathematics [more or less student centred] and their reported emotions, self-concept and disposition. It also addresses the question of whether there are differences in this relationship for girls and boys. It uses survey data from almost 300 year 7 Chilean students, clustered in 8 different classrooms. A correlational analysis suggests that there is a positive significant association between how student centred the teaching is perceived to be and students’ more positive attitudes. Nevertheless, this effect was independent of sex, suggesting that more student-centred teching do not necessarily offer an advantage for girls, but are positive for both, boys and girls.

Keywords : Teaching style; Attitudes; Sex; Student-centred teaching.