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Undergraduate Students' Attitudes and Mathematical Reasoning During the Pandemic: The Mediating Role of Metacognitive Awareness

Choon Tak Chan , Kwan Eu Leong, Hutkemri Zulnaidi

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Chan CT, Leong KE, Zulnaidi H. Undergraduate students' attitudes and mathematical reasoning during the pandemic: the mediating role of metacognitive awareness. . 2023;4(3):169-180. doi: 10.12973/ejmse.4.3.169
Chan, C. T., Leong, K. E., & Zulnaidi, H. (2023). Undergraduate students' attitudes and mathematical reasoning during the pandemic: the mediating role of metacognitive awareness. European Journal of Mathematics and Science Education, 4(3), 169-180. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmse.4.3.169
Chan Choon Tak, Kwan Eu Leong, and Hutkemri Zulnaidi. "Undergraduate Students' Attitudes and Mathematical Reasoning During the Pandemic: The Mediating Role of Metacognitive Awareness ," European Journal of Mathematics and Science Education 4, no. 3 (2023): 169-180. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmse.4.3.169
Chan, CT Leong, KE & Zulnaidi, 2023, 'Undergraduate students' attitudes and mathematical reasoning during the pandemic: the mediating role of metacognitive awareness', European Journal of Mathematics and Science Education, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 169-180. Chan, Choon Tak et al. "Undergraduate Students' Attitudes and Mathematical Reasoning During the Pandemic: The Mediating Role of Metacognitive Awareness." European Journal of Mathematics and Science Education, vol. 4, no. 3, 2023, pp. 169-180, https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmse.4.3.169.

Abstract

During the Covid-19 pandemic, this study investigated the role of metacognitive awareness as a mediator in the correlation between attitude and mathematical reasoning among undergraduates who are first year university students. These studies distribute mathematical reasoning assessments, metacognitive awareness questionnaires, and attitude surveys as research data. One hundred eighty-four undergraduate students from one public institution in Malaysia's Klang Valley area participated in the research. The impact of metacognitive awareness on attitude and mathematical reasoning was studied using Version 25 of the Statistical Packages for the Social Sciences. The findings indicated that undergraduate mathematics and science education students excelled in non-mathematics and science education students in mathematical reasoning capacity. According to the findings, undergraduate mathematics and science education students had good metacognitive understanding and used more approaches in mathematical reasoning assessment. Further study implies that more research should be conducted to assess different demographics, such as institute training teachers' metacognitive awareness and attitude towards mathematical reasoning.

Keywords: Attitude, mathematics reasoning, metacognitive awareness, undergraduate.


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