Primary And Secondary School Mathematics Implicit Attitude

Attitude is the central topic of psychology which plays an important role in understanding the law of human mind and behavior. With the proceeding of modern cognitive psychology and implicit memory, there is intergradation between social psychology and cognitive psychology, implicit social cognition as a hot field is set up. It emphasizes the process of social cognition and mental processing in social context. The study of implicit attitude is currently the necessary issue to be resolved. This study explored the age related differences of mathematics implicit attitude between male and female and between learning deficiency and learning efficiency.Research Objects: Pupils and students, which from Grade 4 in primary school, Grade 1 in junior school and Grade 1 in junior school.Research Methods: Using GNATIn the experiment section, there are two experiments investigating mathematics implicit attitude. The first experiment, the participants include 92 pupils and students, and the design is 3(grades: .Grade 4 in primary school, Grade 1 in junior school and Grade 1 in junior school)×2(gender:male and female)×2(conjunction: mathematics words and positive words; mathematics words and negative words) three factors design. The second experiment, the participants include 90 pupils and students, and the design is 3(grades: Grade 4 in primary school, Grade 1 in junior school and Grade 1 in junior school)×2(learning ability: learning efficiency students and deficiency students)×2(conjunction: mathematics words and positive words; mathematics words and negative words) three factors design. The results of two experiments suggest that there is an significant difference among pupils, junior high school students and senior high school students, but no significant difference between male and female students. Moreover, the mathematics implicit attitude of learning efficiency students is more positive than learning deficiency students.