University of Malaya

Faculty of Education/ Educational Psychology

Gender: 1. Male

2. Female

Grade: Form 1 2 3 4 5
Mathematics performance-------------Your Age -----------years
Part 1: Please indicate how strongly you agree or disagree with each of the statements listed below. Please select
the number that best corresponds to the strength of your belief.
1= Strongly Disagree

2= Disagree

3= Mostly Disagree 4= Mostly Agree 5= Agree 6= Strongly Agree

Item
You have a certain amount of intelligence, and you cant really do much to change it.
Your intelligence is something about you that cant change very much.
No matter who you are, you can significantly change your intelligence level.
To be honest, you cant really change how intelligent you are.
You can always substantially change how intelligent you are.
You can learn new things, but you cant really change your basic intelligence.
No matter how much intelligence you have, you can always change it quite a bit.
You can change even your basic intelligence level considerably.

Part 2: Please indicate how strongly you agree or disagree with each of the statements listed below. Please select
the number that best corresponds to the strength of your belief.

(1=Never; 2=Seldom; 3=Sometimes; 4=Often; 5=Always)

1. I know when I understand something in Mathematics.
2. I can make myself learn in Mathematics when I need to.
3. I try to use ways of studying that have worked for me before in Mathematics.
4. In Mathematics, I know what the teacher expects me to learn.
5. I learn best when I already know something about the topic Mathematics.
6. I draw pictures or diagrams to help me understand while learning Mathematics.
7. In Mathematics when I am done with my work, I ask myself if I learned what I wanted to learn.
8. I think of several ways to solve a mathematical problem and then choose the best one.
9. I think about what I need to learn in Mathematics before I start working.
10. In Mathematics, I ask myself how well I am doing while I am learning something new.
11. I really pay attention to important information in Mathematics.
12. In Mathematics, I learn more when I am interested in the topic.
13. I use my learning strengths to make up for my weaknesses in Mathematics.
14. In Mathematics, I use different learning strategies depending on the task.
15. I occasionally check to make sure Ill get my Mathematics work done on time.
16. I sometimes use learning strategies in Mathematics without thinking.
17. I ask myself if there was an easier way to do things after I finish a mathematical task.
18. In Mathematics, I decide what I need to get done before I start a task.

Part 3: Please indicate how strongly you agree or disagree with each of the statements listed below. Please select
the number that best corresponds to the strength of your belief.

(1=not at all true; 5=very true)

1. its important to me that I learn a lot of new Mathematics concepts this year.
2. One of my goals in Mathematics class is to learn as much as I can.
3. One of my goals is to master a lot of new Mathematics skills this year.
4. its important to me that I thoroughly understand my Mathematics class work.
5. its important to me that I improve my Mathematics skills this year.