Date of Award
12-2025
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Mathematics
Department
Mathematics
First Reader/Committee Chair
Dalton Marsh
Abstract
This study explored factors related to high school students’ sense of math identity. Data from the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 was used which is a nationally representative dataset from the National Center of Education Statistics (NCES). The sample is representative of U.S. high schoolers who began ninth grade in 2009. Multiple regression analysis was performed and factors relating to students’ prior mathematics coursework and attitudes about mathematics were found to predict students’ mathematics identity.
Keywords. Mathematics, identity, high school students
Recommended Citation
Flores, Edwin, "PREDICTORS OF MATH IDENTITY IN U.S. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS" (2025). Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations. 2345.
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/2345