Elementary School Teachers; Mathematics Education; Teacher Attitudes IDENTIFIERS Research Reports

Aiken's Mathematics Attitude Scale (MAS) was administered to 70 elementary school teachers; achievement and attitude data were collected from seven randomly selected students of each teacher. Change in student attitudes and achievement during the school year were considered in relation tu teachers ' scores on the two subscales of the MAS; these subscales are Enjoyment of Mathematics and Value of Mathematics. Results indicated that students ' attitudes and achievement were unrelated to their teachers' scores on the value subscale. However, there was a significant positive relationship between teachers ' enioyment of mathematics and students ' achievement. (SD) Documents acquired by ERIC include many informal unpublished * materials not available from other sources. ERIC makes every effort * * to obtain the best copy available. Nevertheless, items of marginal * * reproducibility are often encountered and this affects the quality * * of the microfiche and hardcopy reproductions ERIC makes available * via the ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS). EDRS is not * responsible for the quality of the original document. Reproductions * * supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original