Cross-National Comparison of Mathematical Modelling Attitudes Among Educators

IF 3.6 3区教育学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

European Journal of Education Pub Date : 2025-10-16 DOI:10.1111/ejed.70288

Yousef Wardat, Riyan Hidayat, Shashidhar Belbase, Ahmad A. Al-Shraifin, Nada Ibrahim Alribdi

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The concept of mathematical modelling is an integral part of modern school mathematics curricula. Therefore, this study aimed to compare the mathematical modelling attitude between Malaysian and United Arab Emirates (UAE) teachers. We conducted a cross-sectional survey study with 413 Malaysian and UAE mathematics teachers as the sample for the study. We computed descriptive statistics (e.g., mean and standard deviation) and Pearson correlation using SPSS Statistics 23 for the relevant variables to test for the assumption of factor analysis. Moreover, we used inferential statistics (e.g., factor analysis and independent samples t-tests) using the Analysis of Moment Structures (AMOS) program to answer research questions. Findings indicate that motivation and interest partially mediate the relationships between constructivism, understanding and relevance to real-life applications. At the same time, results from the independent t-test showed that there was a statistically significant difference between Malaysian and UAE teachers in the level of mathematical modelling attitude. However, there were no significant differences in mathematical modelling attitudes by gender (male vs. female) and school location (urban vs. rural). These findings shed light on potential obstacles to the application of mathematical modelling and point to ways to get beyond them.

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教育工作者数学建模态度的跨国比较

数学建模概念是现代学校数学课程的重要组成部分。因此，本研究旨在比较马来西亚和阿联酋教师对数学建模的态度。我们以413名马来西亚和阿联酋的数学教师为样本进行了横断面调查研究。我们对相关变量使用SPSS statistics 23进行描述性统计（如均值和标准差）和Pearson相关性的计算，以检验因子分析的假设。此外，我们使用推理统计（例如，因子分析和独立样本t检验），使用力矩结构分析（AMOS）程序来回答研究问题。研究结果表明，动机和兴趣部分调节了建构主义、理解和现实应用相关性之间的关系。同时，独立t检验结果显示，马来西亚和阿联酋教师在数学建模态度水平上存在统计学差异。然而，性别（男性与女性）和学校位置（城市与农村）对数学建模的态度没有显著差异。这些发现揭示了数学建模应用的潜在障碍，并指出了克服这些障碍的方法。

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European Journal of Education EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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期刊介绍： The prime aims of the European Journal of Education are: - To examine, compare and assess education policies, trends, reforms and programmes of European countries in an international perspective - To disseminate policy debates and research results to a wide audience of academics, researchers, practitioners and students of education sciences - To contribute to the policy debate at the national and European level by providing European administrators and policy-makers in international organisations, national and local governments with comparative and up-to-date material centred on specific themes of common interest.