A confirmatory factor analysis of Attitudes Toward Mathematics Inventory (ATMI)

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dc.contributor.authorMajeed, A.
dc.contributor.authorDarmawan, I.
dc.contributor.authorLynch, P.
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractStudents’ attitudes toward mathematics have been known to influence students’ participation, engagement, and achievement in mathematics. A variety of instruments have been developed to measure students’ attitudes toward mathematics for example Mathematics Attitude Scale (Aiken, 1974), Fennema-Sherman Mathematics Attitudes Scales (Fennema & Sherman, 1976), and Attitudes Toward Mathematics Inventory (ATMI) (Tapia & Marsh, 1996). The purpose of this paper is to report the validation of the ATMI instrument. It was administered to 699 Year 7 and 8 students in 14 schools in South Australia. The students responded on a five-point Likert scale. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) supported the original four-factor correlated structure based on several fit indices. The validation provided evidence that ATMI can be a viable scale to measure students’ attitudes toward mathematics in a South Australian context
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityAysha Abdul Majeed, I Gusti Ngurah Darmawan, Peggy Lynch
dc.identifier.citationThe Mathematics Educator, 2013; 15(1):121-135
dc.identifier.issn0218-9100
dc.identifier.orcidDarmawan, I. [0000-0002-7628-6434]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/90726
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAssociation of Mathematics Educators
dc.rightsCopyright status unknown
dc.source.urihttp://math.nie.edu.sg/ame/matheduc/journal/v15_1/v15_7.aspx
dc.subjectAttitudes toward mathematics; Attitudes Toward Mathematics Inventory (ATMI); confirmatory factor analysis; Australia
dc.titleA confirmatory factor analysis of Attitudes Toward Mathematics Inventory (ATMI)
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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