Motivation level for learning mathematics For scientific students in the third year of secondary school

Abstract

This study has shed light on the reality of mathematics at the secondary education level, due to the
importance of this subject area for the study course of the learners, and tothesignificant role of mathematics in
the acquisition of the baccalaureate diploma, owing to the high coefficient that characterizes its’ evaluation.
For this reason, the study in hand aimed to know the motivation level for learning mathematics among third
year pupils of the scientific branches in secondary schools of Bordj Bou Arreridj.
In order to achieve the study objectives, a quota sample of 360 students was carried out, and the steps of
the descriptive methodology were adopted, dueto their fit for the study purposes. Moreover, a scale for
motivational attitudes for learning, developed by Zainab Abdelalim Badawi (2014), was used to collect data on
the subject, and one sample t test was used to measure the total motivation level to learn mathematics.
Ultimately, this study came to the result that the motivation level for learning mathematics among third year
scientific pupils in secondary schools of Bordj Bou Arreridj was low.