A Study of the Effects of Mathematical Culture on Academic Achievement: The Mediating Role of Non-intellectual Factors
Siyu Liu
School of Mathematics and Statistics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Shasha Zheng *
School of Mathematics and Statistics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong, China.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Academic achievement is an indicator of students' learning effectiveness, and mathematical culture has been widely researched in recent years, but few articles have explored the influence of mathematical culture on academic achievement and the role of non-intellectual factors in it. This paper adopts the method of literature analysis, comprehensively describes the research background of mathematical culture, academic achievement, and non-intellectual factors, and based on "Questionnaire on Non-intellectual Characteristics of Mathematics Learning for High School Students", compiles a questionnaire on the influence of non-intellectual factors on academic achievement for college students, explores the influence of mathematical culture on academic achievement, and the role of non-intellectual factors as a mediator. The results found that (1) the effects of mathematical culture and non-intellectual factors on academic achievement are significant. (2) Non-intellectual factors play a mediating role in the influence of mathematical culture on academic achievement and the mediating role is significant. Therefore, in the future teaching, we have to penetrate the mathematical culture to improve the students' performance in mathematics by improving the level of their non-intellectual factors, and according to the suggestions before, during, and after the lesson respectively.
Keywords: Academic achievement, mathematical culture, mediating role, non-intellectual factors