MELENDEZ RUIZ, Reinaldo    PAEZ PAREDES, Meivys. Attitudes in relation to mathematics and algebraic performance in the subject Mathematics. []. , 18, 4, pp. 777-793.   02--2020. ISSN 1815-7696.

This article summarizes the results of a research whose purpose was to analyze the level of relationship that can be established between attitudes in relation to Mathematics, performance in this subject and the contents of Algebra, as one of the essential topics to learn by the students. A quantitative design was used. The field work was carried out with 326 students, from two schools of the General Secondary Education in Angola. A questionnaire was used to characterize attitudes in relation to Mathematics, applying aLikert-type scale with 20 propositions (10 positive and 10 negative). A documentary analysis was also made of the evaluation records in the subject of Mathematics, of teachers and in the Secretary of the schools, to determine the performance of the investigated subjects. For the analysis of the information, the mean, standard deviation, variance and regression analysis were used to model the relationships using equations. The results indicate that there is evidence of a relationship between: mathematical performance and attitude towards Mathematics, between performance in Algebra and attitude in relation to Mathematics and between mathematical performance and performance in Algebra.

: attitudes; algebra; performance; mathematics.

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