Abstract:
The study investigated students’ attitudes, self-efficacy and motivation as predictors of
grade 10 mathematics achievement. To achieve the objective, 398 students were taken
from grade 10 students of Dange, Jangir, Ano, Gute and Ifa Secondary Schools in East
Wollega, Oromia Region using systematic random A questionnaire contained items on
attitudes, self-efficacy and motivation in learning mathematics was administered. First
semester grade 10 mathematics’ score results were also obtained from the record office
of the sampled secondary schools. SPSS version 20 software computer program was used
to analyze the collected data. Pearson’s product moment and multiple‐regression
analysis were employed to see the relationship among variables and how well the
predictor variables predicted Mathematics achievement, respectively. The results
revealed that the attitude, self-efficacy belief and motivation had statistically significant
relationship to mathematics achievement in general, r.776 F= (3,394), 198.673,
P<0.00. 60.2 % of the variance in mathematics achievement is explained by the linear
combination of attitudes towards learning, self-efficacy and motivation. Attitudes
towards learning, self-efficacy and motivation in learning mathematics predicted
significantly mathematics achievement, B. 420, B.354; B.143, t=8.5697, t=6.972 and
t=3.063, respectively, p=<0.05. On the basis of these results, it was recommended that
principals, supervisors, teachers, parents and educational practitioners should give due
attention to students’ attitude towards, self-efficacy and motivation in learning
mathematics in secondary schools.
