Attitudes of Elementary Students towards Reading and Math Class

Abstract

As part of the investigation of Art and Affectivity in Inclusive school experience: a Dominican Study researched The Attitudes towards reading and math class of elementary students from the first cycle of basic level education. We worked with 123 students of primary level form four public elementary school in the municipality of Yamasá, Dominican Republic. To achieve the purpose of the stud we applied The Elementary Reading Attitude Survey (ERAS) from Mckenna, M. & Kear, D. (1990) and using the technique of free drawing from Borthwick, A., (2011) to know the perception and the attitude of children towards mathematics class. The results show a positive attitude of children towards reading and a moderate disposition to math class.