Instrument Development and Analysis for Mathematical Learning Motivation and Causal Attribution

수학 학습 동거와 귀인의 측정 도구 개발 및 분석

The purpose of the present study is to develop an instrument of mathematical learning motivation and causal attribution for students and to analyze the results of the instrument. Based on the literature review, mathematical learning motivation is the cumulative effects of self-assessment and self-regulation in mathematical learning and achievement experience. Three factors of mathematical learning motivation is identified as self-regulatory efficacy, task difficulty and mathematical anxiety with 17 self-regulatory efficacy items, 9 task difficulty items and 9 mathematical anxiety items. Three factors of causal attribution for success is identified as ability/effort, luck, and other person with 6 ability/effort items, 4 luck items and 3 other person items. Also, four factors of causal attribution for failure is identified as ability, effort, luck, and other person with 3 ability items, 7 effort items, 3 luck items and 4 other person items. The instrument of mathematical learning motivation and causal attribution for success and failure was administered to 919 middle school students from eight different middle middle schools in Seoul, Gyeonggi-Do, Busan, jeolla-Do area. The correlation of three factors of mathematical learning motivation was calculated. As a result, a positive correlation between self-regulatory efficacy and task difficulty was appeared but mathematical anxiety has a negative correlation with self-regulatory efficacy and task difficulty. This study also examined the differences about mathematical learning motivation's sub-factors shown by three groups of mathematics achievement level. Students of higher achievement level showed that the degree of self-regulatory efficacy and task difficulty was higher than that of lower level group. Students of lowest achievement level showed significantly higher mathematical anxiety degree than that of middle and high group. Students that have higher degree of self-regulatory efficacy and task difficulty preference were attributed into ability/effort cause toward success of mathematics achievement. Also, Male students preferred more difficult task and higher degree of self-regulatory efficacy in mathematics learning than female students. On the contrary, Female students showed higher mathematical anxiety level than male students.

본 연구에서는 우리나라 학생들의 수학 학습 동기와 귀인에 대한 각각의 측정 도구를 개발하고 그 적용 결과를 분석하였다. 수학 학습 통기 측정 도구는 '자기조절효능감' 17문항, '과제난이도' 9문항, '수학 불안' 9문항의 총 35문항으로, 귀인 측정 도구는 성공과 실패 귀인으로 구분하여 개발하였다. 성공귀인은 '노력/능력'이 6문항, '운'이 4문항, '타인'이 3문항의 총 13개로, 실패귀인은 '노력'이 7문항, '운'이 3문항, '능력'이 3문항, '타인(외적)'이 4문항의 총 17개로 이루어졌다. 수학 학습 동기의 세 요인 간의 상관을 분석한 결과, 과제난이도와 자기조절효능감은 정적 관계 나타냈고 수학 불안은 다른 두 요인과 부적 관계를 보였다. 수학 성취가 우수한 집단은 과제난이도와 자기조절효능감이 가장 높았고 수학 불안은 가장 낮았으며 기초이하 집단이 수학 불안이 가장 높았다. 또 남학생이 여학생보다 어려운 문제에 도전적이며, 수학 학습에 대한 자신의 학습 능력과 노력의 정도에 대한 자가 판단이 긍정적이었다. 그러나 수학 불안에서는 여학생이 남학생보다 불안 수준이 높게 나타났다. 동기와 귀인의 각 구성 요인간 상관을 분석한 결과, 과제가 어려운 것을 선호하거나 자기조절효능감이 높은 학생일수록 수학 학습의 성공의 원인을 노력/능력 귀인에서 찾지만, 운의 탓으로 돌리는 경향은 낮았다. 수학 불안이 높은 학생일수록 수학 학습의 성공의 원인을 운으로 귀인시키는 경향이 강하였다.