Abstract

GONTIJO, Cleyton Hércules  and  FLEITH, Denise de Souza. Motivação e criatividade em matemática: um estudo comparativo entre alunas e alunos de ensino médio. ETD [online]. 2009, vol.10, n.numeroespecial, pp.147-167. ISSN 1676-2592.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the perception of 100 students, males and females, attending 3rd year of a private Secondary School in the Federal District, with respect to motivation in Mathematics, as well as their performance in a creativity test and in a creativity test in Mathematics. The Scale of Motivation in Mathematics, the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking and the Creativity Test in Mathematics were administered. The results indicated that, as for motivation in relation to Mathematics, male students demonstrated more favorable perception in relation to two of the six factors of the administered scale: “Games and Challenges” and “Problem Resolution”, while female students demonstrated a more favorable perception just in relation to the factor “Study Habits.” There were no significant differences among boys and girl students concerning creativity measures. However, the male students presented superior performance when compared to female students in relation to creativity in Mathematics.

Keywords : Motivation in Mathematics; Creativity; Creativity in Mathematics; Gender.

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