Spanish adaptation of the Math and Me Survey in primary education: Measuring second and fourth graders’ attitudes toward mathematics

Figures & data

Table 1. Sample data by class and course

Class and course	Boys	Girls	Total
	n = 42	n = 39	N = 81
Class I: 2nd grade	6	8	14
Class II: 2nd grade	9	13	22
Class III: 4th grade	14	5	19
Class IV: 4th grade	13	13	26

Table 2. “Las Mates y Yo” questionnaire items, their standardized factor pattern and structure coefficients, and their communalities

Item	Pattern coefficients		Structure coefficients		C
	Enjoyment	Self-concept	Enjoyment	Self-concept
10. Las mates son divertidas. [Math is fun.]	.837	.141	.900	.515	.850
6. Disfruto haciendo puzles de mates. [I enjoy doing math puzzles.]	.808	−.340	.656	.022	.660
16. Disfruto estudiando mates. [I enjoy studying math.]	.798	.097	.842	.454	.785
14. Disfruto jugando con juegos de mates. [I enjoy plaing math games.]	.751	−.103	.705	.233	.735
11. Tengo muchas ganas de aprender mates nuevas. [I look forward to learning new math.]	.698	.134	.758	.446	.690
18. Resolver problemas de mates es divertido. [Solving math problems is fun.]	.692	.213	.787	.522	.787
4. Las mates son aburridas.* [Math is boring.]	.623	.194	.710	.472	.706
2. Me encantan las mates. [I love math.]	.594	.369	.759	.635	.725
13. Odio las mates.* [I hate math.]	.553	.167	.628	.415	.456
8. Hago problemas de mates por mi cuenta “solo por diversión.” [I do math problems on my own “just for fun.”]	.307	.154	.376	.292	.340
12. Las mates me resultan fáciles. [Math comes easily to me.]	−.117	.911	.290	.859	.783
17. Hacer mates es fácil para mí. [Doing math is easy for me.]	−.030	.895	.371	.882	.811
7. Las mates son muy difíciles para mí.* [Math is very hard for me.]	−.058	.735	.271	.709	.665
1. Soy realmente bueno/a en mates. [I am really good at math.]	.188	.664	.485	.748	.677
3. Entiendo las mates. [I understand math.]	.037	.640	.324	.657	.498
5. Puedo resolver problemas difíciles de mates. [I can solve difficult math problems.]	.116	.566	.369	.618	.558
15. Sé si mis respuestas en mates tienen sentido. [I can tell if my answers in math make sense.]	.135	.509	.363	.570	.504
9. Las mates son liosas para mí.* [Math is confusing to me.]	.086	.494	.307	.532	.521

Note. Recoding of negative items* of the questionnaire (the opposite values were assigned to the response categories). Pattern coefficients given in boldface signify items loading primarily with that factor.

C = Communalities of the measured variables.

Table 3. Means and standard deviations of students’ attitudes by course

Dimension	Second (n = 36)		Fourth (n = 45)		Overall (N = 81)
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Self-concept	3.63	0.90	3.41	0.81	3.51	0.85
Enjoyment	4.27	0.74	3.43	0.99	3.86	0.94
Total	4.06	0.55	3.42	0.85	3.70	0.79

Table 4. Means and standard deviations of students’ attitudes by grade level and gender

Dimension	Second grade (n = 36)				Fourth grade (n = 45)
	Boys		Girls		Boys		Girls
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Self-concept	3.96	0.95	3.39	0.80	3.66	0.78	3.04	0.73
Enjoyment	4.25	0.62	4.51	0.34	3.52	0.92	3.28	1.11
Total	4.12	0.65	4.01	0.46	3.58	0.79	3.18	0.90