Individual differences in feelings of difficulty: the case of school mathematics
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Ημερομηνία
Συγγραφείς
Efklides, A.
Papadaki, M.
Papantoniou, G.
Kiosseoglou, G.
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Είδος δημοσίευσης σε συνέδριο
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peer-reviewed
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European Journal of Psychology of Education
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Περιγραφή
Feelings of difficulty, or subjective estimation of task difficulty, are on-line metacognitive experiences, which arise as response to the difficulty of the tasks processed by the person. They are related to performance, but little is known about their nature and the factors that influence them. This study aimed to delimit the possible individual differences effects on feelings of difficulty experienced in relation to school mathematics. General and domain-specific cognitive ability, affect, gender and expertise were the individual differences factors studied. The subjects were 299 students of 7th, 8th, & 9th grade and they were tested with mathematical tasks of three levels of difficulty. Upon completion of each task subjects rated its difficulty on a 4-point scale, ranging from 1: not difficult at all to 4: very difficult. Testing was repeated one year later. Path analysis showed that feelings of difficulty form a system of their own, which is mainly influenced by performance and cognitive ability rather than affective factors. Only anxiety state had a direct effect on feelings of difficulty. Expertise did not differentiate feelings of difficulty in the 1st testing, but it did so in the second. Gender interacted with both personal and task characteristics, the girls being more atypical in their responses than boys. The educational implications of these results are discussed.
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Λέξεις-κλειδιά
Feelings of difficulty, Individual differences, Motivation, School mathematics
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http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0032391745&partnerID=40&md5=354c0902edcbc5b5e2ed4cf3a149c497
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Πανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων. Σχολή Επιστημών και Τεχνολογιών. Τμήμα Βιολογικών Εφαρμογών και Τεχνολογιών