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The Effects of Psychosocial Learning Environment on Students’ Attitudes Towards Mathematics

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Students spend up to 20,000 hours at educational institutions by the time they finish university (Fraser, 2001). Therefore, students’ observations of and reactions to, their experiences in school – specifically their learning environments – are of significance. The term learning environment refers to the social, physical, psychological and pedagogical context in which learning occurs and which affects student achievement and attitudes (Fraser, 2007, 2012).

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Afari, E. (2013). The Effects of Psychosocial Learning Environment on Students’ Attitudes Towards Mathematics. In: Khine, M.S. (eds) Application of Structural Equation Modeling in Educational Research and Practice. Contemporary Approaches to Research in Learning Innovations. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-332-4_5

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