Journal Title
Title of Journal: Int J of Sci and Math Educ
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Abbravation: International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education
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Publisher
Springer Netherlands
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Authors: Laura Tuohilampi Markku S Hannula Leonor Varas Valentina Giaconi Anu Laine Liisa Näveri Laia Saló i Nevado
Publish Date: 2014/06/25
Volume: 13, Issue: 6, Pages: 1625-1648
Abstract
Largescale studies measure mathematicsrelated affect using questionnaires developed by researchers in primarily Englishbased countries and according to Westernbased theories Influential comparative conclusions about different cultures and countries are drawn based on such measurements However there are certain premises involved in these kinds of “imposedetic approaches” such as 1 universalism within the examined components 2 universalism within the components’ significances 3 the congruence between languages and conceptions and 4 the components’ coverage of the phenomena Therefore researchers have criticized these premises citing a large number of reasons In this study the validity of conclusions based on results relying on the imposedetic approach is questioned by examining to what extent the premises behind this approach can be justified We investigate the premise of universality within the examined components by scrutinizing the limitations of a typical questionnaire To what extent can such a questionnaire reveal affective domain structures for pupils in two countries as dissimilar as Finland and Chile We found that there can be no meaningful precision Universalism across components within the mathematicsrelated affect structure is not guaranteed in the two cultures and the use of such questionnaires is simply unjustifiable We also thoroughly examined the three other premises underpinning the Westernbased imposedetic perspective
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