Causal Factors Affecting Self-Management towards Mathematical Learning of the Sixth-Grade Students in Khon Kaen Primary Educational Service Area Office 1

Abstract

The purposes of this study were to study the correlation among variables which are selfefficacy, planning, control and responsibility to build and develop the model of causal factors that affect self-management of the sixth-grade students towards mathematical learning in Khon Kaen Primary Educational Service Area Office 1. The control group is 360 sixth-grade students from 17 schools in Khon Kaen Primary Educational Service Area Office 1, using Multi-stage Random Sampling. The research instrument is a five-level evaluating form in Rating Scale of causal factors affecting self-management in mathematical learning which is divided into two parts. The focal content in the first part is the causal factors that affect self-management towards mathematical learning which comprise of four aspects. To elaborate, there are 15 items discussed in each aspect, thus overall sixty items in this part. In the second part, the focal point is in self-management towards Mathematical learning. The discriminant index (r_xy) calculated starts from .23-.81. The reliability coefficients start from .80-.90. In terms of data analysis, Path Analysis is applied by using position analysis questionnaire (PAQ). The research result can be shown as follow : 1. The direct influential invariables towards self-management in Mathematical learning are Planning (X₂) and Self-Efficacy (X₁). 2. The direct and indirect influential invariables towards self-management in Mathematical learning are Control (X₃) and Responsibility (X₄).