The Factors that Affect Mathematical Achievement Among High School Students

Serkan Kaymak; Aidyn Sautkali

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The Factors that Affect Mathematical Achievement Among High School Students

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Serkan Kaymak ¹ ^* , Aidyn Sautkali ¹

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¹ Suleyman Demirel University, Kazakhstan
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This study was conducted to examine different factors that affect mathematical achievement among high school students in Kazakhstan. The respondents for this study were 8^th and 10/11^th grade students (36 girls and 22 boys). A survey was conducted by using a questionnaire for information gathering about different factors relating to mathematics achievement of students. The mathematics performance was gauged by the result of their 3^rd algebra and geometry quarter grades. The findings indicate that there are positive relationships between teacher factors and student self-confidence attitude with mathematical achievement. The outcomes of correlation analysis show student’s attitude is the significant predictor of mathematical achievement (r = 0.424, p < .001) followed by teacher support (r = 0.397, p < .001).

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mathematics achievement
quality performance
factors

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Journal of Research in Didactical Sciences, 2022, Volume 1, Issue 1, Article No: 12733

https://doi.org/10.51853/jorids/12733

Publication date: 21 Dec 2022

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Kaymak, Serkan et al. "The Factors that Affect Mathematical Achievement Among High School Students". Journal of Research in Data Science, vol. 1, no. 1, 2022, 12733. https://doi.org/10.51853/jorids/12733