Browsing by Subject "upplevd självförmåga"
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(2024)The aim of this study is to explore class teachers’ perceptions of students´ attitudes towards mathematics and how class teachers can promote students´ positive attitudes towards mathematics. The aim is also to examine how class teachers work to support students´ self-efficacy in mathematics. The study focuses on teachers´ perceptions of students´ attitudes towards mathematics in grades 3-6. Mathematics are closely linked to students´ everyday lives. Once a student has created a negative image of mathematics, it can be difficult for them to change it. Therefore, it is extremely important that class teachers create successful learning opportunities for everyone to prevent the formation of a negative math image in students. The study was conducted in the form of a qualitative interview study. Six (6) class teachers from a Swedish-speaking primary school in Finland participated in the study. The material was collected by means of semi-structured interviews. The interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed and then analyzed using thematic analysis. The results showed that students who find mathematics easy usually have a positive attitude towards the subject and students who find mathematics difficult or burdensome usually have a more negative attitude towards mathematics. Learning difficulties do not always have to be linked to a negative attitude and those with a negative attitude do not always perform poorly in math. Many other factors than achievements are related to students´ attitudes to mathematics. Teachers can influence students’ attitudes through their own attitudes and by choices of materials and teaching methods. Students´ own attitudes, classmates and parents can also influence pupils´ attitudes towards mathematics. Teachers can promote students´ positive attitudes towards mathematics and support students´self-efficacy by showing interest in the subject, providing level-appropriate teaching with sufficient challenges and successes together with a good classroom atmosphere and diverse teaching.
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(2019)Approximately 5% of the Finnish population has ADHD. The main criteria for a diagnosis are deficits in sustained attention, behavioral inhibition and hyperactivity. Aside from these, ADHD also includes e.g. restlessness, impatience and difficulties with self-regulation. The symptoms are causing problems in many areas of ADHD patient´s lives. They also tend to affect people around them. The aim of this thesis is to examine how adults with ADHD describe their lives before and after the diagnosis. The focus is mainly on the description of their self-efficacy, self-esteem, identity and stigma. The aim is also to examine how the individals felt about getting the diagnosis, since it is usually a significant turning point in life. This qualitative study uses life stories as a method of collecting data and analysis. The participants have been diagnosed with ADHD after the age of 30. This enables to examine the life without a diagnoses, care or attention, and inspect if getting the diagnosis has had any positive consequences. Semi-structured interviews were used as the data collection method to answer the research questions. The results of this study demonstrate the lives of the participants as chaotic and eventful. They appear as typical for a person with ADHD, including addictions, school dropouts and divorces. The self-efficacy and self-esteem appear low, especially as a teenager, but the diagnosis seems to have had a positive effect. The participants describe ADHD as an important part of their identity. The stigma brought on by ADHD is focused on the symptoms rather than the diagnosis itself.
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