Study of factors effecting decision making to study at higher education level and mathematics learning achievement of first year students in the Project for Educating Mathematics Teachers for Basic Education (Five-Year Curriculum)
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to study factors affecting students' decision making to study at higher education level and learning achievement in mathematics of the first year students in the Project for Educating Mathematics Teachers for Basic Education (Five-Year Curriculum). The samples were 145 first year students in the project in the middle geographical region and in Bangkok. The research instruments were the questionnaires gathering condition and presonal information, and those which measure psychological factors. The obtained data were analyzed by means or Pearson-Product Moment Correlation Coefficient and Stepwise Multiple Regression Analysis. The result of the study indicated that: 1. Factors which affect students' decision making to study at higher education level on application to graduate schools were attitude towards mathematics, attitude towards teacher carrier, attitude towards their university, and future orientation. These factors were positively correlated with students' decision making to study at higher education level at .001 significant level. In contrast, influence from parents and influence from friends were negatively correlated at .05 significant level. The predictors were attitude towards teacher carrier and future-orientation, which altogether could predict at 23.6% while the regression equations of raw score and standard score wer eas follow: Y'[subscript atten] = 0.552X[subscript 11] - 0.225X[subscript 14] + 0.312X[subscript 13], Z'[subscript atten] = 0.359X[subscript 11] - 0.171X[subscript 14] + 0.164X[subscript 13] 2. Factors which affect learning achievement in mathematics was attitude towards mathematics. It was positively correlated with learning achievement in mathematics at .01 achievememtn in mathematics at .01 significant level. Parents' carrier as an employee or labor were positively correlated at 0.05 significant level. The predictors were attitude toward matematics, future-orientation, parents' carrier as an employe or labor, parents' income level of 20,001-30,000, parents' carrier as an agriculture, and influence from friends. They altogether coud Predict at 23.2% while the regression equations of raw score and standard score were as follow: Y'[subscript achieve] = 4.146 + .668X[subscript 10] - 0.709X[subscript 13] + 0.559X[subscript 7.1] + 0.546X[subscript 8.4] + 0.413X[subscript 7.2] + 0.359X[subscript 15], Z'[subscript achieve] = 0.325X[subscript 10] - 0.275X[subscript 13] + 0.262X[subscript 7.1] + 0.266X[subscript 8.4] + 0.253X[subscript 7.2] - 0.153X[subscript 15]