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Research of the Relationships between Self-control, Thinking Quality and Mathematical Academic Achievement for Senior School Students

Yu, Wenhua (School of Mathematics Science, Shandong Normal University)
Yu, Ping (School of Education Science, Nanjing Normal University)

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Research in Mathematical Education / v.14, no.1, 2010 , pp. 79-98 More about this Journal

Abstract

To analyze the relationships between self-control, thinking quality and mathematical academic achievement, 197 senior school students were asked to complete questionnaires called "self-control ability on mathematics for middle school students" and "thinking quality for senior school students." The results were as follows: (1) There was strongly positive relevance between self-control ability, thinking quality and mathematical academic achievement. (2) A model was presented in which self-control ability had a direct impact on mathematical academic achievement, meanwhile had indirectly influenced mathematical academic achievement by thinking quality which acted as the intermediate variable. Thinking quality had a direct impact on mathematical academic achievement, too. (3) There's no significant difference between the two groups of boys and girls on the structural weights.

Keywords

self-control; thinking quality; mathematical academic achievement;

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