20.500.12556/DKUM-91549 Factors influencing mathematics achievement of university students of social sciences The paper aims to investigate the main factors influencing the mathematics achievement of social sciences university students in Slovenia. A conceptual model was derived where three categories of variables were taken into account: attitude towards mathematics and math anxiety, engagement in learning activities, and attitude towards involving technology in learning mathematics. Data were collected for seven consecutive academic years and analysed using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). The results showed a very high coefficient of determination for mathematics achievement (0.801), indicating that variables “Perceived Level of Math Anxiety”, “Self-Engagement in Mathematics Course at University”, and “Perceived Usefulness of Technology in Learning Mathematics”, together, explain 80.1% of the total variance. Based on our findings, we can conclude that teaching in secondary school is a crucial determinant for success in mathematics at university. It is essential to identify the best methods for secondary school math teachers which will help them give future students better entry-level knowledge for universities. These methods will, hopefully, also improve the level of mathematics self-confidence, as well as lower the level of math anxiety, which all considerably affect the performance of students in university mathematics. mathematical education good practices in mathematics mathematics achievement education influencing factors university social sciences structural equation modelling (SEM) matematično izobraževanje dobre prakse pri matematičnem izobraževanju matematični dosežki izobraževanje dejavniki vpliva univerza družbene vede modeliranje strukturnih enačb true false true MDPI Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Znanstveno delo 2025-01-14 14:40:59 2025-01-14 14:50:17 2025-01-15 03:13:48 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2020 0 0 Str. 1-24 št. 12, št. članka 2134 Letn. 8 2020 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 2020-10-29 2020-11-25 2020-12-01 378 40901891 10.3390/math8122134 2227-7390 Brezavscek-2020-Factors_Influencing_Mathematic.pdf Brezavscek-2020-Factors_Influencing_Mathematic.pdf 1 C8659517255BC62A7C414849B5CB41E7 cd19924d62d7cdb274d1092abd9bd4b24f449385d2774edfe269085b8d123445 58a7e2d3-d27e-11ef-b886-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=187827 https://doi.org/10.3390/math8122134 0 306d033c-d27d-11ef-b886-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=187825 Fakulteta za organizacijske vede Fakulteta za naravoslovje in matematiko 0 0 0