The MAAQ uses age-appropriate, simple to understand, pictorial rating scales to capture the student / child’s personal views. The MAAQ is an Interviewer administered questionnaire. Responses are captured during an interview by a teacher, teaching assistant, SEN team member, parent or carer who records the responses. The MAAQ consists of 28 questions, focused on 7 domains of measuring the respondents view of mathematics:
1. maths in general
2. written sums
3. mental sums
4. easy maths
5. difficult maths
6. maths tests and
7. understanding the teacher
Each of the seven domains has 4 questions associated with it. For each domain, children were asked about their:-
1) Self-rating (‘How good are you?’) on a scale consisting of ticks and crosses (‘very good’ to ‘very bad’);
2) Liking for the items (‘How much do you like it?’); on a scale consisting of sweets and wasps (‘like very much’ to ‘hate very much’);
3) Anxiety about them (‘How worried would you feel?’) on a scale of facial expressions (‘very relaxed’ to ‘very worried’) and
4) Unhappiness at poor performance (‘How unhappy would you feel if you did badly?’) on a scale consisting of faces with frowning or happy faces (‘very unhappy’ to ‘very happy’)
Target population = Primary school children, 6 – 9 year olds
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