On Attitude of Prospective Elementary School Teachers toward Mathematics and its Measurement at a Faculty of Education

Abstract

So far there have been few studies on attitude toward arithmetic or mathematics, and any instrument for measuring attitude toward mathematics has not been developed in this country. In the study, the author administered Dutton Attitude Scale (with fifteen items) and McCallon-Brown's version of SD, both of which were translated into Japanese. Then attitude of prospective elementary school teachers toward mathematics was measured and some findings on attitude interested in and instrument used in the study were obtained. Reporting of this findings of the study is the purpose of the paper.