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International Students in Independent Schools: The Divide Between Attitude to Mathematics Class and Perception of Classroom Environment

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avondale-bepress.context-key3441364
avondale-bepress.submission-pathteach/vol5/iss2/4
avondale.affiliateKilgour, Peter; 0000-0002-0042-5186
avondale.reporting.isPeerReviewedPeer Reviewed
avondale.reporting.versionPublished Version
dc.contributor.authorRickards, Tony
dc.contributor.authorKilgour, Peter W.
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-01T00:32:39Z
dc.date.available2023-11-01T00:32:39Z
dc.date.issued2011-01-01
dc.date.submitted2012-11-01T18:01:37Z
dc.description.abstract<p>The experience of students with a non-English speaking background (NESB) studying in Australian independent school classrooms is an ongoing concern for administrators of these schools. This paper reports on research by Kilgour and Rickards (2009) into the perceptions these students have of the learning environments of their Mathematics classrooms along with the same students’ attitudes to Mathematics as a subject. Data collected by survey and interview revealed that NESB students have a more positive attitude to Mathematics as a subject than their Australian classmates, but their perception of their learning environment is more negative than their Australian classmates.</p>
dc.identifier.citationKilgour, P. W., & Rickards, T. (2011). International students in independent schools: The divide between attitude to mathematics class and perception of classroom environment. <em>TEACH Journal of Christian Education, 5</em>(2), 15-20. doi:10.55254/1835-1492.1038
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.55254/1835-1492.1038
dc.identifier.urihttps://research.avondale.edu.au/handle/1897/03441364
dc.language.isoen_us
dc.publisherAvondale Academic Press
dc.relation.ispartofTEACH Journal of Christian Education
dc.subjectnon-English speaking students
dc.subjectteaching mathematics
dc.subjectlearning environment
dc.titleInternational Students in Independent Schools: The Divide Between Attitude to Mathematics Class and Perception of Classroom Environment
dc.title.alternativeInternational Students in Independent Schools
dc.typeJournal Article

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