RUME 28
2026
Alexandria, Virginia
Exploring College Algebra Students’ Attitudes Toward Mathematics in Community Colleges
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Attitudes toward mathematics play a critical role in shaping students’ learning experiences, academic performance, and long-term engagement with the subject. In the context of community college education, where students often face diverse academic and personal challenges, understanding these attitudes becomes especially important. Focusing on the first of four interviews, this study explored students’ affective connection to mathematics and how their experiences in college algebra classes at community colleges impact their relationship with mathematics. Preliminary findings identified college algebra students’ affective relationship with mathematics, observations about learning mathematics, and beliefs about the nature of mathematics.