Sex-Related and Local Differences in Attitudes towards Arithmetic and the Impression of Mathematics of Advanced Age Persons

Abstract

In the study, I report several data analyzing scores obtained from administration of attitude scales towards arithmetic and a self-report inventory on the impression of mathematics to 83 men, and 40 women, who are sixty or more of age, and attending classes for advanced age persons held at two areas, rural and urban, in Akita Prefecture, Japan. The result of the study reveals that there are sex-related differences in like-dislike of arithmetic, and local differences in some impressions of mathematics, and that favorable attitudes towards arithmetic and good impressions of mathematics are not caused to increase as people undergo better teaching of arithmetic and more use of mathematics.