2022 年 46 巻 3 号 p. 230-242
This study aimed to examine the content common and specific processes in the relationship between abilities in high school math problem solving and motivation. A questionnaire survey was administered to 171 first-year students at a private high school. The following four findings were obtained: (1) students with higher mastery goal in learning both vector and sequence had a higher emotional engagement, resulting in higher problem-solving abilities common to both vector and sequence; (2) students a with higher performance goal in learning both vector and sequence had a higher behavioural engagement, resulting in higher-problem solving abilities common to both vector and sequence, but the contribution of performance goal to the abilities was smaller than that of mastery goal; (3) students with a higher mastery goal in learning vector had a higher emotional and behavioural engagement, resulting in higher vector-specific problem-solving abilities; (4) sequence-specific problem-solving abilities were nor associated with achievement goals and engagement.