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Vilija Targamadze

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INTEREST OF LATVIAN AND LITHUANIAN STUDENTS IN SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS

2018

Interest is one of the most important components for a successful teaching/learning process; unfortunately, nowadays students’ interest in science and mathematics is decreasing. The aim of the research is to explore the cognitive interest of 15-year- old students in science and mathematics. Students in Latvia and Lithuania participated in the survey; the data show that students’ cognitive interest in this area in both countries is mediocre. The factor analysis was used to single out four main dimensions of the cognitive interest – interest in the context, interest in mathematics, inquiry interest and enthusiasm. Students’ interest is higher in issues connected with practical life, the solut…

05 social sciences050301 educationLatvianscience and mathematics050109 social psychologyLithuanianBiologyteaching/learning processlcsh:Education (General)language.human_languageEducationcognitive interestLietuva (Lithuania)ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATIONlanguageMathematics education0501 psychology and cognitive scienceslcsh:L7-9910503 educationMathematicsJournal of Baltic Science Education
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