CRPP - Conference Papers

Students’ attitudes toward mathematics and mathematics learning and their implications for mathematics instruction have long been a commonly shared interest among mathematics educators. To assess Singapore students’ attitudes toward mathematics and mathematics learning, we have recently conducted, as part of a larger research project, a survey of more than one thousand secondary students in eight schools. Overall, the results suggest that Singapore secondary students have generally positive attitudes toward mathematics and mathematics learning. However, they hold relatively negative attitudes about work on challenging problems and about the usefulness of mathematics in their adult life. The paper also includes discussion on the implications of the findings from the survey for the teaching and learning of mathematics and offers relevant suggestions.