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Erin Mackenzie; Kathryn Holmes; Nathan Berger; Matt Thompson – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2025
Strengthening lower secondary students' attitudes toward mathematics is key to addressing declining enrolments in higher-level courses. This mixed-methods study examined the alignment between students' perceived mathematics capability and study intentions, as well as demographic and attitudinal differences. Results suggest that students with…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Mathematics Education, Intention
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Abraham, Jessy; Barker, Katrina – Research in Science Education, 2020
It has been argued that the establishment of single-sex classes for females can increase their motivation and participation in physics. This paper reports on findings from a multi-occasional study among 90 female year 11 physics students across single-sex and co-educational high schools in Australia. The aim of this study was to identify the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physics, Science Instruction, Single Sex Classes
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Sachisthal, Maien S. M.; Jansen, Brenda R. J.; Dalege, Jonas; Raijmakers, Maartje E. J. – Australian Journal of Education, 2020
Recently, students' interest in science has been conceptualized as a network model: the science interest network model (SINM) in which affective, behavioural and cognitive components interact together; building on science interest being a dynamic relational construct. In the current study, we combine the Australian Programme for International…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Grade 10, Grade 12, High School Students